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Am 25.12.2010 um 01:55 schrieb Mauricio Tavares:

> What should the uid and gid be associated with? In my setup I told postfix to 
> use Dovecot LDA's deliver, which then is saving files as uid:gid of 
> 1500:1500. How would that affect the uid:gid used in the passwd file? From 
> what I read in the dovecot's wiki, you want them *not* to be anything that 
> has the rights to access the emails. So, does that mean any value for them 
> will do?


As you are using 'passwd' files instead of real system users you should 
probably set them to the same non-existing UIDs and GIDs used in the LDA setup. 
The "access problem" is set around scenarios where one would gain the elevated 
rights of a Dovecot component and thus could (possibly) access other users mail 
utilizing the same UIDs/GIDs. Not to mention compromised system accounts using 
the same.

http://wiki.dovecot.org/UserIds

Thomas
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