Re: [Dovecot] Maildir owner importance

Does the the virtualmail user need to have a shell account ? Do I have to change the last_valid_uid/gid to the dovecot user or leave them on the virtualmail user ? No, and technically you don't even need a virtualmail user, just a uid and gid. So, for instance, you could do this (so long as you were certain that

On Tuesday 28 December 2004 23:40, Roi Efrati wrote: the numbers in question would never be used for a real user/group):

first_valid_uid = 5000 last_valid_uid = 5000 first_valid_gid = 5000 last_valid_gid = 5000

Then just 'chown 5000.5000 /var/local/virtualdir/' or wherever else you want to keep your maildir, and you're set. :Peter