To answer my own question, I created an alternative passwd file, /etc/passwd.dovecot, which declared a junk directory as $HOME. Then, I set the default_mail_env to /home/%u instead of $h, so it calls the *real* home-directory directly when needed.

On Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 08:09:52PM -0400, Abraham D Smith wrote:

Hi,

Thanks for dovecot. It's the best IMAP server ever. Okay, here's my problem:

I use mbox INBOXes from /var/spool/mail/%u, and the INDEX lies in /var/spool/mail/dovecot/%d/%u. Users' other folders are found in /%h/mail.

Now, I notice that when a user is accessing her INBOX, the imap process cwd's to the user's home, which I'd like to prevent as much as possible.

E.g., when the user's client is only watching INBOX, I still see:

[root@tock:~]$ lsof | grep home_kt imap 6422 kt cwd DIR 0,17 12288 7602177 /home/kt (other.host:/home/kt)

Is there a way I can tweak the dovecot settings so that this cwd isn't holding open the NFS mount?

Many thanks, Abe Smith

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Abraham David Smith, <adsmith@math.duke.edu>

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Abraham David Smith, <adsmith@math.duke.edu>

http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/math/grad/adsmith

Mathematics Graduate Student, Duke University