In Debian and derivatives yo can check if some installed package provides a file, and the it can be upgradeable by package.

Example (yes): $ dpkg -S /etc/sysctl.conf

Example (no): $ dpkg -S /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-auth.conf

El 14/10/24 a les 7:40, postfix_dovecot--- via dovecot ha escrit:

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so you edit something ? Nope - not in the original files! I created a "local.conf" where I put in every configuration. And there I want to overrule the "auth-system.conf.ext", activated by default in the " conf.d/10-auth.conf".

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edit conf.d/10-auth.conf change line with auth-system.conf.ext so auth-system.conf.ext is commented line That would be the easiest way I guess - but exact what I don't want to do. I want to keep the original files untouched if possible.

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note to debian users, /etc/dovecot/ should not be overwrited by dovecot updates [...] It's a Debian system and I've seen many times over the years that configuration files were restored during upgrades. That's why I want to have the complete configuration in local.conf.

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doveconf -d >/tmp/default doveconf -n >/dmp/changed

diff -urp /tmp/default /tmp/changed | less

try :=)

Thanks for that! I know the options, but I was hoping that there was a simple, straightforward way to disable an option that the maintainers had enabled. If I had known what would come of the request, I would not have made it :)

In the future, after an update, I will simply look in the file or log to see if the option is activated again.

Thank you for your support!

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Benny Pedersen via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> Gesendet: Montag, 14. Oktober 2024 16:03 An: dovecot@dovecot.org Betreff: Re: How to deactivate "!include conf.d/auth-system.conf.ext" without touching "/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-auth.conf"?

Narcis Garcia via dovecot skrev den 2024-10-14 07:49:

In Debian and derivatives yo can check if some installed package provides a file, and the it can be upgradeable by package.

Example (yes): $ dpkg -S /etc/sysctl.conf

Example (no): $ dpkg -S /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-auth.conf

funny way of config protecting /etc/.....

please tell gentoo to a debian maintainer, debian is only as good as there maintainers, it shown on maillist many times that bad configs of dovecot and postfix is badly added as defaults when is not enabled by default from the programmers of dovecot and postfix, but debian maintainers still think its a simple task

dont allow anything to be overrided in doveconf config files

PS:

doveconf -d >/tmp/default doveconf -n >/dmp/changed

diff -urp /tmp/default /tmp/changed | less

try :=)

you can remove lines not changed

also for postfix main.cf could be simple one single line, since postconf -d should be very good output with minimal settings to be changed

i just say it :)

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