[Dovecot] dovecot-shared Problem

[Darius Bohni]

i don't use root for various security reasons. i dont understand what
imapsync is good for my backup?
my deamon is coming with rsync from an other host.

grz
fr3ak4l

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Frank Cusack <fcusack at fcusack.com> wrote:

> On December 2, 2009 9:58:59 PM +0100 Benny Pedersen <me at junc.org> wrote:
>
>> On ons 02 dec 2009 17:37:54 CET, Frank Cusack wrote
>>
>>  On December 2, 2009 4:25:35 PM +0100 Darius Bohni <d.bohni at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I need to have read and execute rights of all folders and mails for the
>>>> group (needed by the backup deamon).
>>>>
>>>
>>> I don't understand how a backup daemon could work if it isn't run as
>>> root.
>>>
>>
>> imapsync
>>
>> root is never needed, not even unsecure permissions is needed
>>
>
> i was thinking backup daemon "in general", since the OP talked about
> file permissions.  with imapsync file permissions wouldn't seem to
> come into play?
>
> -frank
>