Adrian Mak wrote:

my mailsystem is using postfix and virtual mailbox which stored in mysql db. SMTP AUTH is using PAM, pam-mysql to authenticate against a mysql db.

I installed dovecot 0.99-14. In the dovecot example config file it mentioned that auth_passdb can check against thru PAM but auth_userdb didn't

Does it mean that auth_userdb should use other means e.g. /etc/passwd, shadow, vpopmail, etc and in my case it is mysql. Right ?

Yes, at least in 1.0-alpha1/stable, so I guess the same for 0.99. Dovecot can authenticate via mysql directly, of course (but I've never done it, so don't ask me how!)

Chris

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