[Dovecot] How do I use a username/password plain text file as authentication backend?

Angus charmender at gmail.com
Sat Feb 26 17:13:12 EET 2011


>> I only have a single user (with multiple mail addresses) and I don't
>> want to expose local users (no pam or /etc/passwd). Using a SQL
>> database seems like overkill to me. So why not just a plain text file?
>> Well, I've read http://wiki2.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase/Static and
>> related wiki pages, but I just can't find a clear answer. I certainly
>> don't want to allow "any user" or "any password". Dovecot 2.0.9. Any
>> hints for me?
>
> Are you looking for http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/PasswdFile ?

Yes... apparently I am. I must've overlooked the purpose of that wiki
page. I've tested that now and it works fine. Thanks a lot.


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