Heh? they pretty much do exactly as described.
the service lmtp is how you inject email into dovecot using the lmtp protocol.
the service auth is how you can authenicate user/password against
dovecot, normally used in postfix for sasl auth
the mode setting is just that, the file mode to set for that file,
0666, all access, 0660 only user/group access.
Quoting Matthew Brown <mnbbr...@gmail.com>:
Could somebody be able to explain to me what the various
unix_listeners do in the Dovecot 2.x configuration (specifically in
10-master.conf).
Currently, for postfix to use for local delivery, I have:
service lmtp {
unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp {
group = postfix
mode = 0660
user = postfix
}
}
and for auth I have:
service auth {
unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
mode = 0666
}
unix_listener auth-userdb {
mode = 0666
user = vmail
}
}
So what does each one specifically do?
Also, does somebody know of a resource that can explain the mode
setting? I couldn't seem to find anything on the wiki..
Sorry if these questions seem simple, Im still trying to get a grips
with dovecots workings.
MDA: Dovecot v2.0.13
MTA: SMTP
User & Virtual Domain Management: MySQL
Cheers,
Matthew