[Dovecot] Problem with allow_nets passdb parameter and Postfix

Timo Sirainen tss at iki.fi
Thu Feb 18 17:44:12 EET 2010


Oh. I actually checked v2.7 code before replying, but I was stupidly
searching only for a full "rip" word, while the code had "\trip" :)

On Thu, 2010-02-18 at 18:41 +0300, Неворотин Вадим wrote:
> Well, I've asked this question in Postfix mail list and after discussion as
> I understand Postfix 2.7 send all necessary client information to Dovecot
> socket. But I haven't try this solution yet.
> 
> 2010/2/18 Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi>
> 
> > On Mon, 2010-02-15 at 14:00 +0300, Неворотин Вадим wrote:
> > > allow_nets check failed: Remote IP not known
> >
> > > Problem is clear: smtpd don't send client IP to dovecot authentication
> > > socket.
> >
> > Yep. The only way you can get Postfix to send IP to Dovecot is by
> > patching Postfix sources.
> >
> > > But I need to limit the ability of connection to users only from
> > > specific IP. Both for SMTP and IMAP. How can I do that? I use dovecot
> > 1.0.15
> > > and Postfix 2.5.5 on Debian Lenny.
> >
> > Do you mean all users must connect from only specific IP, or is it a
> > per-user configuration? If all users, maybe you can do this on Postfix
> > side some other way. Or require clients to use submission port or a
> > different IP and use a firewall.
> >

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