We're setting up a server with qmail/vpopmail and dovecot. In addition to vpopmail users we want non-virtual, local users to be able to authenticate and have them read the Maildir in their real $HOME.

vpopmail userdb/passwd works fine. Now how do I tell dovecot to use passwd (or PAM) userdb/passdb authentication too?

/etc/dovecot.conf:

[...]

auth = default auth_mechanisms = plain auth_userdb = vpopmail auth_passdb = vpopmail auth_user = root auth_verbose = yes

auth = local auth_mechanisms = plain auth_userdb = passwd /etc/passwd auth_passdb = pam auth_user = root auth_verbose = yes

#auth_methods = default local

EOF

I think, I'm supposed to put the auth_methods line somewhere.

Without it, dovecot only tries authentication using the first auth process definition:

| Feb 25 00:01:49 server1 dovecot-auth: vpopmail(rscholz): unknown user (rscholz@)

after loggin in with

". login rscholz secret_password" at the IMAP server.

Putting the auth_methods line behind the two auth processes (or somewhere in the middle) gives me:

| Starting mail server: dovecotFatal: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot.conf line 456: Unknown setting: methods

Putting it above all auth processes gives me:

| Starting mail server: dovecotFatal: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot.conf line 362: Authentication process name not defined yet

Hm, I'm lost here.

System is Debian i386 stable (woody) with dovecot_0.99.10.4-2.deb backported from Debian unstable.

Cheers, Ray

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