[Dovecot] "correct" permissions for login dir

Timo Sirainen tss at iki.fi
Thu Dec 9 00:11:25 EET 2004


On 7.12.2004, at 23:03, Kirill Miazine wrote:

> I suggest that login directory is not touched if external 
> authentication
> is used. Socket are not wiped out, why should permissions be fixed? 
> (see
> in master/master-settings.c around line 560).

Changed. I just hadn't thought about that.

> 1.0-test "works pretty well". Does it mean well enough to replace Cyrus
> (which indeed works pretty well)? I have maildir-based folders. Most
> users have no idea what IMAP is (my sister uses IMAP because I set it
> up, others just say that they don't need IMAP...) and they just 
> download
> everything using POP3. Sometimes they use SquirrelMail. Default usage
> pattern. Are the risks high? Currently I have test56 on my test
> installation (which is almost ready to take over).

I have been using 1.0-tests for a long time at home and at work, 
although I haven't been often upgrading at work when I've found that 
one version works. I think if you don't see problems within first few 
days it'll work just fine.
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