Re: Authenticate system user with alternate password

AC:

Is there a way to configure Dovecot to authenticate a system user against a different password list?

sure!

I want to give my own personal account on my machine a password for IMAP and have that be different from the password I use to log into the system for maintenance purposes.

configure dovecot to use a separate passwd-file and simply use the
same usernames. http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/PasswdFile

username synchronisation may be the challenge...

Andreas