[Dovecot] How to bring dovecot to using a slightly modified passwd file

[Steffen Kaiser]

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On Mon, 21 Apr 2014, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote:

> I am trying to use a setup where domains have separate passwd files with a
> slightly different layout. Is there a way to tell dovecot that a passwd file
> contains everything it looks for but on different positions inside the passwd
> file line?
>
> Standard passwd:
>
> USERNAME:PASSWD:UID:GID:HOME:extras
>
> different layout:
>
> USERNAME:PASSWD:extras:UID:GID:HOME
>
> Or do I have to patch the source, and where if necessary?

Check out

src/auth/db-passwd-file.c
src/auth/passdb-passwd-file.c

BTW: To shift "extras" before uid/gid requires a way to quote ":", too.

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Steffen Kaiser
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