I'm in the process of moving from LDA to LMTP (Postfix upstream) prior to a transition off `nix accounts to virtual accounts and am stumped by LMTP reporting
dovecot: lmtp(10019, jeff@example.com): Error: Relative home directory paths not supported: 0
LDA does /not /have any problems with PAM or passwd-file passdb/userdb and the ubiquitous definition of
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs
I have yet to be able to get LMTP to deliver mail, nor have I found
anything on the Dovecot wiki to describe how to represent that the
mail_location is
I'd prefer to localize the user-to-file-space mapping localized to Dovecot (rather than split within Postfix and Dovecot)
I'd definitely appreciate any pointers to web pages or specific suggestions as to how to resolve this.
Excerpts of Dovecot local.conf follow, full doveconf -n output on request. The/users /file is in the same format as FreeBSD /etc/master.passwd with name, password, UID, gid, home_dir, and shell meaningfully populated. The configuration below works with LDA (end-to-end). With LMTP, it identifies jeff@example.com as a valid destination, but fails on delivery with the "relative home directory paths" error message.
passdb { driver = passwd-file args = /path/to/users } userdb { driver = passwd-file args = username_format=%n /path/to/users }
# See http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailLocation/Maildir # https://wiki.dovecot.org/VirtualUsers/Home
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs # mail_location = maildir:%h/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs
Thanks!
Jeff