On 22.8.2011, at 14.22, [email protected] wrote:
> just wanted to check this as the wiki seems to have contradictory
> information. With respect to running the LDA as multiple UIDs the wiki says:
>
> [QUOTE]If you're using more than one UID for users, you're going to have
> problems running dovecot-lda, as most MTAs won't let you run dovecot-lda as
> root[/QUOTE]
Yep, that's a problem.
> But in the example for the config file the text reads:
>
> [QUOTE]
> service auth {
> unix_listener auth-userdb {
> mode = 0600
> user = vmail # User running dovecot-lda
> #group = vmail # Or alternatively mode 0660 + dovecot-lda user in this
> group
> }
> }
> [/QUOTE]
Now you've gone outside the "Multiple UIDs" section in the wiki. There are the
3 different sections of how to run dovecot-lda a different way:
* with a lookup
* without a lookup
* multiple UIDs
None of their documentation is compatible with each others.
