I'm trying to avoid switching the userdb from a nice simple static setup to something else to enable replication. Is there anyone using replication with a virtual user configuration ? How did you do it ? Actually, anyone doing replication at all - what does your config look like ?
Thanks - D. On 2014-06-03 11:54, [email protected] wrote: > Is it possible to get replication working in a virtual user setup > that uses a static userdb ? My environment is fairly simple and typical > - there's a single system user (vmail) that owns all the home dirs > (/var/mail/domain.com/user). The virtual users > ([email protected]:secretpassword) are kept in a single file > (/var/mail/domain.com/PASSWD) that's unique per domain, and referenced > as a static userdb : > > passdb { > driver = passwd-file > args = scheme=plain username_format=%u /var/mail/%d/PASSWD > } > > userdb { > driver = static > args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/mail/%d/%n > } > > I know the > wiki http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Replication states that user listing must > be enabled, but that's not available for a static userdb. The wiki > http://wiki2.dovecot.org/UserDatabase/Static also says that it shouldn't > be a problem because it will use do a passdb lookup instead (except for > PAM which isn't used here). > > Unfortunately, it's not working. I've testing with ssh : > > dsync_remote_cmd = ssh -l vmail %{host} doveadm > dsync-server -u%u -l%{lock_timeout} -n%{namespace} > mail_replica = > remote:[email protected] > as well as with straight tcp (SSL for > later) > > mail_replica = tcp:server2.domain.com:999 > > /var/log/mail.err shows the problems ... > > Jun 3 11:30:53 server1 dovecot: auth: Error: Trying to iterate users, but userdbs don't support it > Jun 3 11:30:53 server1 dovecot: replicator: Error: User listing returned failure > Jun 3 11:30:53 server1 dovecot: replicator: Error: listing users failed, can't replicate existing data > > Anyone else have it working ? I'm sure it's something simple that I've just overlooked.
