[Dovecot] proxy, userdb and passdb
Dear all,
We are getting closer to the migration of our mailsystem. Now I have a special question. We are successfully using
passdb { driver = pam }
and that is good. Now, how would I tell dovecot to proxy certain users (the ones not yet migrated) to the old server? My attempts to configure an additional userdb failed since this seems to override the passdb setting.
Grateful for any hints!
Cheers,
j.hofmüller
Optimism doesn't alter the laws of physics. - Subcommander T'Pol
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On Fri, 18 Oct 2013, Jogi Hofmüller wrote:
We are getting closer to the migration of our mailsystem. Now I have a special question. We are successfully using
passdb { driver = pam }
and that is good. Now, how would I tell dovecot to proxy certain users (the ones not yet migrated) to the old server? My attempts to configure an additional userdb failed since this seems to override the passdb setting.
see http://wiki2.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase/ExtraFields
However, a userdb does never override passdb setting (as I understand your wording), because the userdb kicks in later, you should post your config.
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Hi Steffen,
Am 2013-10-22 10:05, schrieb Steffen Kaiser:
Did, thanks. The errors I mentioned in my previous post are gone. Still, proxying does not work as expected. Instead I get strange warnings:
Oct 22 12:06:51 server dovecot: auth-worker(PID): Warning: userdb passwd: Move templates args to override_fields setting
This is the proxy-userdb file's content (I removed the UID and IP address):
user:::::::proxy=y host=IP-ADDRESS starttls=y nopassword=y
However, a userdb does never override passdb setting (as I understand your wording), because the userdb kicks in later, you should post your config.
Here it comes:
# 2.1.17: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.10-3-amd64 x86_64 Debian jessie/sid mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_plugins = acl namespace { list = children location = maildir:%%h/Maildir:INDEX=~/Maildir/shared/%%u prefix = shared/%%u/ subscriptions = no type = shared } namespace inbox { hidden = yes inbox = yes list = no location = mailbox Drafts { auto = subscribe special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } prefix = subscriptions = yes type = private } passdb { args = session=yes driver = pam } plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = " imap lmtp pop3" ssl_cert =
Thanks for any hints/suggestions!
j.hofmüller
mur.sat -- a space art project http://sat.mur.at/
On 22.10.2013, at 13.13, Jogi Hofmüller jogi@mur.at wrote:
Hi Steffen,
Am 2013-10-22 10:05, schrieb Steffen Kaiser:
Did, thanks. The errors I mentioned in my previous post are gone. Still, proxying does not work as expected. Instead I get strange warnings:
Oct 22 12:06:51 server dovecot: auth-worker(PID): Warning: userdb passwd: Move templates args to override_fields setting
This is the proxy-userdb file's content (I removed the UID and IP address):
user:::::::proxy=y host=IP-ADDRESS starttls=y nopassword=y passdb { args = session=yes driver = pam } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/proxy-userdb driver = passwd }
Use passwd-file, not passwd
userdb has no effect on proxying, it must be passdb.
If you really want to keep using PAM, you need to use Dovecot v2.2 with an additional passdb configuring the proxying for the users. http://wiki2.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase#Passdb_settings explains more. It can’t be done with v2.1.
Hello Jogi,
Did you happen to have this working? Could you share how?
Thanks,
Alex
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Dear Alex et al
Did you happen to have this working? Could you share how?
So far it's not working yet. We are currently exploring more recent dovecot versions (2.2.9 AFAIR) but had to do some other work to keep the mailsystem running. Now we have more time to work on migration and will post any useful results (or more questions, whatever comes first).
Cheers!
j.hofmüller
Optimism doesn't alter the laws of physics. - Subcommander T'Pol
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alexwanderley
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Jogi Hofmüller
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Steffen Kaiser
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