Authenticate system user with alternate password

[A. Schulze]

AC:

> Is there a way to configure Dovecot to authenticate a system user
> against a different password list?

sure!

> I want to give my own personal
> account on my machine a password for IMAP and have that be different
> from the password I use to log into the system for maintenance purposes.

configure dovecot to use a separate passwd-file and simply use the  
same usernames.
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/PasswdFile

username synchronisation may be the challenge...


Andreas