[Dovecot] SSL_PARAMETERS_PERM_PATH

[Leo Baltus]

Op 13/07/2009 om 16:22:58 -0400, schreef Timo Sirainen:
> On Mon, 2009-07-13 at 21:56 +0200, Leo Baltus wrote:
> 
> > > > Maybe it could be in base_dir or have a configuration option of its own?
> > > 
> > > It's copied to base_dir, but it's not primarily stored there because
> > > base_dir is typically under /var/run/, which gets deleted at boot time.
> > 
> > Well base_dir is configurable, in our case it is not /var/run and we do no
> > use compile-time pahnames, therefore we would like
> > SSL_PARAMETERS_PERM_PATH configurable or just to use base_dir.
> 
> Why can't you use compile time paths?
> 

We typically use multiple instances, and we do not want to use any unique
rescources from the OS. So each instance has its own storage & tmp space
as well as its own IP address and user- and group-name.

> > Maybe there a reason not to use base_dir which I am overlooking?
> 
> base_dir in most installations is wiped out when rebooting, and the
> ssl-parameters file shouldn't be deleted then.

Ah, ok. Then we need a place for more persistent data storage, something
like data_dir?

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