[Dovecot] v1.1.rc2 released

[Bruce Bodger]

On Mar 7, 2008, at 11:10 PM, Timo Sirainen wrote:

> http://dovecot.org/releases/1.1/rc/dovecot-1.1.rc2.tar.gz
> http://dovecot.org/releases/1.1/rc/dovecot-1.1.rc2.tar.gz.sig
>
> Changes since rc1:
>
> 	* mail_extra_groups setting was commonly used insecurely. This  
> setting
> 	  is now deprecated. Most users should switch to using
> 	  mail_privileged_group setting, but if you really need the old
> 	  functionality use mail_access_groups instead.

Timo,

When I set...

mail_privileged_group = mail

...dovecot refuses to start.  We are NOT using mbox here, only Maildir.

mail_access_groups = mail    works as before just fine.

Output of working 'dovecot -n' (with mail_access_groups set as above)

# 1.1.rc2: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf
protocols: imap pop3
ssl_disable: yes
disable_plaintext_auth: no
login_dir: /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/login
login_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login
login_process_per_connection: no
mail_max_userip_connections(default): 25
mail_max_userip_connections(imap): 25
mail_max_userip_connections(pop3): 10
first_valid_uid: 490
mail_access_groups: mail
mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir
mail_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3
mail_plugins(default): mail_log
mail_plugins(imap): mail_log
mail_plugins(pop3):
mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3
mail_log_max_lines_per_sec: 0
pop3_client_workarounds(default):
pop3_client_workarounds(imap):
pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): oe-ns-eoh
namespace:
   type: private
   separator: /
   inbox: yes
   list: yes
   subscriptions: yes
namespace:
   type: public
   separator: /
   prefix: Public/
   location: maildir:/var/mail/shared:CONTROL=~/Maildir/control/ 
public:INDEX=~/Maildir/index/public
   list: yes
   subscriptions: yes
auth default:
   mechanisms: plain login
   passdb:
     driver: pam
   userdb:
     driver: passwd