Re: dovecot help?

[Jeff Goodman <debian@waysoft.com>]

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:28:58 -0400 (EDT)
I Rattan <ratta1i@cps.cmich.edu> wrote:

> 
> Trying to make dovecot-imap server run under linux
> (Linux tigaon 2.6.25-4.slh.3-sidux-686 #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri May 23
> 21:58:49 \
> UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux)
> 
> The following config generates the error:
> dovecot: Aug 18 13:33:51 Error: auth(default):
> passwd-file /etc/passwd: \ User root has invalid UID 0)
> 
> but if some other is used it can't access the /etc/shadow file!!
> 
> Any pointers?
> -----/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf---
> base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/
> protocols = imap
> log_path = /var/log/dovecot
> info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot.info
> login_dir = /var/run/dovecot/login
> login_chroot = yes
> login_user = dovecot
> protocol imap {
>    login_executable = /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
>    mail_executable = /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
> }
> valid_chroot_dirs = /var/spool/vmail
> default_mail_env = maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n
> disable_plaintext_auth = no
> auth default {
>    mechanisms = plain login digest-md5
>    userdb passwd-file {
>          args = /etc/passwd
>        }
>    passdb passwd-file {
>            args = /etc/shadow
>        }
> }
> auth_executable = /usr/lib/dovecot/dovecot-auth
> auth_user = root
> auth_verbose = yes
> ---
> 
> 

Try this:
    #userdb passwd-file {
    #      args = /etc/passwd
    #}
    passdb passwd-file {
          args = /etc/passwd.dovecot
    }

and in /etc/passwd.dovecot...

userid:{PLAIN}userdovecotpassswd

jeff