The alias works fine. It's just an auth request. I'll live with it.

Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S8+. -------- Original message --------From: Bill Shirley <bill@KnoxvilleChristian.org> Date: 7/18/17 11:24 PM (GMT-06:00) To: dovecot@dovecot.org Subject: Re: passwd-file, getting invalid uid 0 Unless your userid is also zero, my guess is that Exim isn't using the alias.  This message (to me) says "I can't deliver to 'root' because that userid is zero".

On Postfix, you have to run 'newaliases' after changing /etc/aliases.

Bill

On 7/13/2017 3:42 PM, Larry Rosenman wrote:

Per my earlier post about system and virtual users, I have everything working, but I'm seeing the following message, and wondering:

1. does it matter?
2. is there a way to suppress it?

I have an Exim /etc/aliases entry that sends root to me.

Jul 13 14:38:47 thebighonker dovecot: auth-worker(13055): Error: passwd-file /etc/passwd: User root has invalid UID '0'

doveconf -n:

# 2.2.31 (65cde28): /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.4.19 (e5c7051) # OS: FreeBSD 11.1-PRERELEASE amd64 auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_realms = lerctr.org thebighonker.lerctr.org tbh.lerctr.org thejonesonair.com thejonesonair.net default_vsz_limit = 1 G deliver_log_format = msgid=%m: %$ (subject=%s from=%f size=%w) doveadm_password =  # hidden, use -P to show it lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes listen = 192.147.25.65, :: lmtp_save_to_detail_mailbox = yes login_access_sockets = tcpwrap mail_attribute_dict = file:%h/mail/.imap/dovecot-mail-attributes mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=~/mail/INBOX mail_log_prefix = "%s(%u/%p): " mail_plugins = " fts fts_solr notify stats virtual" mail_privileged_group = mail mail_server_admin = mailto:ler@lerctr.org mail_server_comment = LERCTR Mail Server mailbox_list_index = yes managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date index ihave duplicate mime foreverypart extracttext vacation-seconds editheader mboxmetadata servermetadata imapsieve vnd.dovecot.imapsieve namespace archive { hidden = no list = no location = mbox:~/MAIL-ARCHIVE prefix = ARCHIVE/ separator = / } namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox INBOX { auto = create } mailbox SENT { special_use = \Sent } mailbox SPAM { special_use = \Junk } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } mailbox virtual/Flagged { special_use = \Flagged } mailbox virtual/all { special_use = \All } prefix = } namespace virtual { hidden = no list = yes location = virtual:~/MAIL-VIRTUAL:INDEX=MEMORY prefix = Virtual/ separator = / } passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } passdb { args = user=%Ln noauthenticate driver = static skip = authenticated } passdb { args = failure_show_msg=yes session=yes max_requests=20 driver = pam skip = authenticated } plugin { fts = solr fts_autoindex = yes fts_solr = url=http://thebighonker.lerctr.org:8983/solr/dovecot/ fts_tika = http://localhost:9998/tika/ imapsieve_mailbox1_before = file:/usr/local/share/dovecot-pigeonhole/sieve/report-spam.sieve imapsieve_mailbox1_causes = COPY imapsieve_mailbox1_name = SPAM imapsieve_mailbox2_before = file:/usr/local/share/dovecot-pigeonhole/sieve/report-ham.sieve imapsieve_mailbox2_causes = COPY imapsieve_mailbox2_from = SPAM imapsieve_mailbox2_name = * imapsieve_url = sieve://thebighonker.lerctr.org mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename flag_change append mail_log_fields = uid box msgid size from subject vsize flags recipient_delimiter = + sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_execute_bin_dir = /usr/local/share/dovecot-pigeonhole/sieve sieve_extensions = +editheader +vacation-seconds +mboxmetadata +servermetadata sieve_global_extensions = +vnd.dovecot.pipe +vnd.dovecot.execute sieve_pipe_bin_dir = /usr/local/share/dovecot-pigeonhole/sieve sieve_plugins = sieve_imapsieve sieve_extprograms stats_command_min_time = 1 mins stats_domain_min_time = 12 hours stats_ip_min_time = 12 hours stats_memory_limit = 16 M stats_refresh = 5s stats_session_min_time = 15 mins stats_track_cmds = yes stats_user_min_time = 1 hours } protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve service auth { unix_listener auth-client { mode = 0666 } unix_listener auth-master { mode = 0666 } } service doveadm { inet_listener http { port = 8080 ssl = yes } } service indexer-worker { drop_priv_before_exec = yes } service lmtp { inet_listener lmtp { address = 127.0.0.1 port = 24 } } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } inet_listener sieve_deprecated { port = 2000 } } service stats { chroot = empty client_limit = 0 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = stats extra_groups = fifo_listener stats-mail { group = mode = 0666 user = } fifo_listener stats-user { group = mode = 0666 user = } group = idle_kill = 4294967295 secs privileged_group = process_limit = 1 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = service_count = 0 type = unix_listener stats { group = mode = 0666 user = } user = $default_internal_user vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service tcpwrap { unix_listener login/tcpwrap { group = $default_login_user mode = 0600 user = $default_login_user } } ssl_cert = </home/ler/letsencrypt-home/lerctr.org/fullchain.cer ssl_cipher_list = EECDH+ECDSA+AESGCM:EECDH+aRSA+AESGCM:EECDH+ECDSA+SHA384:EECDH+ECDSA+SHA256:EECDH+aRSA+SHA384:EECDH+aRSA+SHA256:EECDH+AESGCM:EECDH:EDH+AESGCM:EDH+aRSA:HIGH:!MEDIUM:!LOW:!aNULL:!eNULL:!LOW:!RC4:!MD5:!EXP:!PSK:!SRP:!DSS ssl_key =  # hidden, use -P to show it ssl_protocols = !SSLv2 !SSLv3 userdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } userdb { args = username_format=%Ln /etc/passwd driver = passwd-file } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = " fts fts_solr notify stats virtual sieve mail_log" } protocol lda { mail_plugins = " fts fts_solr notify stats virtual sieve mail_log" } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = " fts fts_solr notify stats virtual mail_log" } protocol !doveadm { mail_plugins = " fts fts_solr notify stats virtual mail_log" } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep tb-lsub-flags imap_logout_format = in=%i out=%o fhc=%{fetch_hdr_count} fhb=%{fetch_hdr_bytes} fbc=%{fetch_body_count} fbb=%{fetch_body_bytes} del=%{deleted} exp=%{expunged} trash=%{trashed} imap_metadata = yes mail_max_userip_connections = 50 mail_plugins = " fts fts_solr notify stats virtual mail_log imap_sieve imap_stats stats" }