[Dovecot] difference b/w user and login_user

[Antonio Casado Rodríguez]

Look this:

root     29723     1  0 Jun04 ?        00:00:13 /usr/sbin/dovecot
root     29724 29723  0 Jun04 ?        00:00:03 dovecot-auth
dovecot  25239 29723  0 Jun05 ?        00:00:00 managesieve-login
dovecot  19097 29723  0 Jun06 ?        00:00:00 managesieve-login
dovecot  19114 29723  0 Jun06 ?        00:00:00 managesieve-login
dovecot  17952 29723  0 09:14 ?        00:00:00 pop3-login
dovecot  18130 29723  0 09:16 ?        00:00:00 imap-login
dovecot  18252 29723  0 09:17 ?        00:00:00 imap-login
dovecot  18317 29723  0 09:18 ?        00:00:00 pop3-login
dovecot  18438 29723  0 09:19 ?        00:00:00 pop3-login
dovecot  18495 29723  0 09:19 ?        00:00:00 imap-login

root is the user that executed   /usr/sbin/dovecot
dovecot is the user "login_user" in dovecot.conf

and "user" in dovecot.conf
....
auth default:
 user: santhosh
 passdb:
   driver: passwd-file
   args: /etc/passwd.dovecot
 userdb:
   driver: passwd
....
in your case "santhosh", is the user to access to /etc/passwd.dovecot 
and /etc/passwd files
but if the passwords are shadows, the user to access a /etc/shadow must 
be ROOT.

santhosh escribió:
> Hi,
>
> Can any one tell what is the difference between user and login_user in dovecot.conf file ?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Regards,
> Santhosh
>