[Dovecot] removing (hopefully) unneeded access to $HOME

[adsmith at math.duke.edu]

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 at 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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