Hello,
This is my first email here. I want to understand well how dovecot is integrate with ldap in a postfix/dovecot/ldap setup. I use a debian server.
More specifically what dovecot need in ldap to work. I saw we can use several "mode" related to virtual domain, etc. For "start" i only need one domain with several address. I currently use fusiondirectory for manage my ldap users. i guess i can use that schema to auto create users email (name.firstname@domain.tld for ie) ? I also want to setup some aliases and share directory based on ldap group/role can i do it ?
An other question is can we have two domain name for imap.domain.tld && smtp.domain.tld ?
IF some questions are out of topic let me know. thx
jerome
On 7/9/2019 6:17 AM, Jérôme Bardot via dovecot wrote:
Hello,
This is my first email here. I want to understand well how dovecot is integrate with ldap in a postfix/dovecot/ldap setup. I use a debian server.
Perfectly!
More specifically what dovecot need in ldap to work. I saw we can use several "mode" related to virtual domain, etc. For "start" i only need one domain with several address. I currently use fusiondirectory for manage my ldap users. i guess i can use that schema to auto create users email (name.firstname@domain.tld for ie) ? I also want to setup some aliases and share directory based on ldap group/role can i do it ?
An other question is can we have two domain name for imap.domain.tld && smtp.domain.tld ?
Yes.
Dovecot & Postfix have no "hard" schema, or database definition, or particular fields. You need to create map files which tell each server how to use the information from LDAP (or any other database). Each server (Postfix & Dovecot) have their own configuration which is separate from each other. So you need to start with one or the other. Postfix questions should be asked on the Postfix list.
Everything you asked for above is easily doable - just start with one step at a time. Ask specific questions when you get stuck.
-- Daniel
Le 09/07/2019 à 17:28, Daniel Miller via dovecot a écrit :
On 7/9/2019 6:17 AM, Jérôme Bardot via dovecot wrote:
Hello,
This is my first email here. I want to understand well how dovecot is integrate with ldap in a postfix/dovecot/ldap setup. I use a debian server.
Perfectly!
More specifically what dovecot need in ldap to work. I saw we can use several "mode" related to virtual domain, etc. For "start" i only need one domain with several address. I currently use fusiondirectory for manage my ldap users. i guess i can use that schema to auto create users email (name.firstname@domain.tld for ie) ? I also want to setup some aliases and share directory based on ldap group/role can i do it ?
An other question is can we have two domain name for imap.domain.tld && smtp.domain.tld ?
Yes.
There is some documentation somewhere on it ?
Dovecot & Postfix have no "hard" schema, or database definition, or particular fields. You need to create map files which tell each server how to use the information from LDAP (or any other database). Each server (Postfix & Dovecot) have their own configuration which is separate from each other. So you need to start with one or the other. Postfix questions should be asked on the Postfix list.
Everything you asked for above is easily doable - just start with one step at a time. Ask specific questions when you get stuck.
The map part stuck me at this time. Can i found somewhere a list of field should/can be map ? I think i’m ok with postfix conf if i understand well i can delegate pretty all stuff to dovecot/ldap.
An other question is :
For all vitual stuff i always use a new user (system) with a custom home, all stuff i read are not clear for me about this point. There is some diagram with technical stuff about dovecot ?
Thx
-- Daniel
Le 10 juil. 2019 à 14:06, Bardot Jérôme via dovecot dovecot@dovecot.org a écrit :
Le 09/07/2019 à 17:28, Daniel Miller via dovecot a écrit :
On 7/9/2019 6:17 AM, Jérôme Bardot via dovecot wrote:
Hello,
This is my first email here. I want to understand well how dovecot is integrate with ldap in a postfix/dovecot/ldap setup. I use a debian server.
Perfectly!
More specifically what dovecot need in ldap to work. I saw we can use several "mode" related to virtual domain, etc. For "start" i only need one domain with several address. I currently use fusiondirectory for manage my ldap users. i guess i can use that schema to auto create users email (name.firstname@domain.tld for ie) ? I also want to setup some aliases and share directory based on ldap group/role can i do it ?
An other question is can we have two domain name for imap.domain.tld && smtp.domain.tld ?
Yes.
There is some documentation somewhere on it ?
Dovecot & Postfix have no "hard" schema, or database definition, or particular fields. You need to create map files which tell each server how to use the information from LDAP (or any other database). Each server (Postfix & Dovecot) have their own configuration which is separate from each other. So you need to start with one or the other. Postfix questions should be asked on the Postfix list.
Everything you asked for above is easily doable - just start with one step at a time. Ask specific questions when you get stuck.
The map part stuck me at this time. Can i found somewhere a list of field should/can be map ? I think i’m ok with postfix conf if i understand well i can delegate pretty all stuff to dovecot/ldap.
An other question is :
For all vitual stuff i always use a new user (system) with a custom home, all stuff i read are not clear for me about this point. There is some diagram with technical stuff about dovecot ?
You should start by reading https://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/LDAP/Userdb
The main point if you use a single user is:
"If you're using a single UID and GID for all the users, you can specify them globally with mail_uid and mail_gid settings instead of returning them from LDAP."
participants (4)
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Bardot Jérôme
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Daniel Miller
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Jean-Daniel Dupas
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Jérôme Bardot