> On 28/05/2025 22:44 EEST Odhiambo Washington via dovecot > <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote: > > > Well, the wget was the native one from Debian 12 (Bookworm). > > Now: > > wash@gw:~$ uname -a > FreeBSD gw.kictanet.or.ke 14.2-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE-p1 GENERIC > amd64 > wash@gw:~$ wget > https://github.com/dovecot/tools/blob/main/dovecot-2.4.0-example-config.tar.gz > --2025-05-28 22:41:01-- > https://github.com/dovecot/tools/blob/main/dovecot-2.4.0-example-config.tar.gz > Resolving github.com (github.com)... 140.82.113.3 > Connecting to github.com (github.com)|140.82.113.3|:443... connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK > Length: unspecified [text/html] > Saving to: 'dovecot-2.4.0-example-config.tar.gz' > > dovecot-2.4.0-example-config.tar.gz [ <=> > > ] 173.07K 179KB/s in > 1.0s > > 2025-05-28 22:41:04 (179 KB/s) - 'dovecot-2.4.0-example-config.tar.gz' > saved [177227] > > wash@gw:~$ tar xzvf dovecot-2.4.0-example-config.tar.gz > tar: Error opening archive: Unrecognized archive format > wash@gw:~$ > > I have previously downloaded that archive and had to go through hoops to > get the files, even on Windows using 7zip! > > I hope I am not crazy, or all my computers haven't adopted my craziness! > > > On Wed, May 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM Aki Tuomi <aki.tu...@open-xchange.com> > wrote: > > > > > > On 28/05/2025 22:30 EEST Odhiambo Washington via dovecot < > > dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM Aki Tuomi via dovecot < > > dovecot@dovecot.org> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On 28/05/2025 12:33 EEST Brent Clark via dovecot < > > dovecot@dovecot.org> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > I'm in the process of upgrading from Dovecot 2.3 to 2.4 and would > > > > > appreciate some help translating an existing configuration that uses > > a > > > > > proxy lookup for user and password databases. > > > > > > > > > > Here's the relevant 2.3 configuration: > > > > > > > > > > |passdb { driver =dict args =/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-auth.conf.ext > > } > > > > > userdb { driver =dict args =/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-auth.conf.ext } > > > > > uri= proxy:/var/run/mail_directory_service/socket:somewhere > > > > > password_key= passdb/%u user_key= userdb/%u iterate_disable= yes | > > > > > > > > > > This configuration was working fine in 2.3 to proxy user and password > > > > > lookups to an external service via a Unix socket. However, Dovecot > > 2.4 > > > > > has reworked configuration parsing, and this syntax no longer appears > > > > > valid. I couldn’t find a direct equivalent in the 2.4 documentation. > > > > > > > > > > Could someone advise how this should be adapted for 2.4? > > > > > > > > > > What’s the correct way to specify the proxy: URI in 2.4? > > > > > > > > > > Are password_key and user_key still supported, or should I be > > using > > > > > a different mechanism? > > > > > > > > > > Is iterate_disable = yes still relevant or required in this > > context? > > > > > > > > > > Any guidance, examples, or pointers to migration resources would be > > very > > > > > helpful. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > Brent Clark > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > I'm in the process of upgrading from Dovecot 2.3 to 2.4 and would > > > > appreciate > > > > > some help translating an existing configuration that uses a proxy > > lookup > > > > for > > > > > user and password databases. > > > > > Here's the relevant 2.3 configuration: > > > > > passdb { > > > > > driver =dict > > > > > args =/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-auth.conf.ext > > > > > } > > > > > userdb { > > > > > driver =dict > > > > > args =/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-auth.conf.ext > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > uri = proxy:/var/run/mail_directory_service/socket:somewhere > > > > > password_key = passdb/%u > > > > > user_key = userdb/%u > > > > > iterate_disable = yes > > > > > > > > > > This configuration was working fine in 2.3 to proxy user and password > > > > lookups > > > > > to an external service via a Unix socket. However, Dovecot 2.4 has > > > > reworked > > > > > configuration parsing, and this syntax no longer appears valid. I > > > > couldn’t find > > > > > a direct equivalent in the 2.4 documentation. > > > > > > > > > > Could someone advise how this should be adapted for 2.4? > > > > > > > > > > What’s the correct way to specify the proxy: URI in 2.4? > > > > > > > > > > Are password_key and user_key still supported, or should I be > > using a > > > > > different mechanism? > > > > > > > > > > Is iterate_disable = yes still relevant or required in this > > context? > > > > > > > > > > Any guidance, examples, or pointers to migration resources would be > > very > > > > > helpful. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > Brent Clark > > > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > Please see > > > > https://doc.dovecot.org/2.4.1/installation/upgrade/2.3-to-2.4.html and > > > > > > https://github.com/dovecot/tools/blob/main/dovecot-2.4.0-example-config.tar.gz > > , > > > > hopefully these already help you forward. > > > > > > > > Aki > > > > > > > > > > > > > You guys need to fix that example config archive! > > > > > > root@eu:/home/wash/Mara.Cloud# wget > > > > > https://github.com/dovecot/tools/blob/main/dovecot-2.4.0-example-config.tar.gz > > > --2025-05-28 13:03:53-- > > > > > https://github.com/dovecot/tools/blob/main/dovecot-2.4.0-example-config.tar.gz > > > Resolving github.com (github.com)... 140.82.121.3 > > > Connecting to github.com (github.com)|140.82.121.3|:443... connected. > > > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK > > > Length: unspecified [text/html] > > > Saving to: ‘dovecot-2.4.0-example-config.tar.gz’ > > > > > > dovecot-2.4.0-example-config.tar.gz [ <=> > > > > > > ] 172.85K --.-KB/s > > in > > > 0.07s > > > > > > 2025-05-28 13:03:54 (2.57 MB/s) - ‘dovecot-2.4.0-example-config.tar.gz’ > > > saved [176999] > > > > > > > The tar is fine, your wget is not. > > > > Aki > > > > > > -- > Best regards, > Odhiambo WASHINGTON, > Nairobi,KE > +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 > In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS. > "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-) > [How to ask smart questions: > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html] > Well, the wget was the native one from Debian 12 (Bookworm). > > Now: > > wash@gw:~$ uname -a > FreeBSD gw.kictanet.or.ke 14.2-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE-p1 GENERIC > amd64 > wash@gw:~$ wget https://github.com/dovecot/tools/blob/main/dovecot-2.4.0- > example-config.tar.gz > --2025-05-28 22:41:01-- https://github.com/dovecot/tools/blob/main/dovecot- > 2.4.0-example-config.tar.gz > Resolving github.com (github.com)... 140.82.113.3 > Connecting to github.com (github.com)|140.82.113.3|:443... connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK > Length: unspecified [text/html] > Saving to: 'dovecot-2.4.0-example-config.tar.gz' > > dovecot-2.4.0-example-config.tar.gz [ <=> > > > > ] 173.07K 179KB/s in 1.0s > > 2025-05-28 22:41:04 (179 KB/s) - 'dovecot-2.4.0-example-config.tar.gz' saved > [177227] > > wash@gw:~$ tar xzvf dovecot-2.4.0-example-config.tar.gz > tar: Error opening archive: Unrecognized archive format > wash@gw:~$ > > I have previously downloaded that archive and had to go through hoops to get > the files, even on Windows using 7zip! > > I hope I am not crazy, or all my computers haven't adopted my craziness! > > > On Wed, May 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM Aki Tuomi <aki.tu...@open-xchange.com> wrote: > > > On 28/05/2025 22:30 EEST Odhiambo Washington via dovecot > <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, May 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM Aki Tuomi via dovecot > <dovecot@dovecot.org> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 28/05/2025 12:33 EEST Brent Clark via dovecot > <dovecot@dovecot.org> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I'm in the process of upgrading from Dovecot 2.3 to 2.4 and > would > > > > appreciate some help translating an existing configuration that > uses a > > > > proxy lookup for user and password databases. > > > > > > > > Here's the relevant 2.3 configuration: > > > > > > > > |passdb { driver =dict args =/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict- > auth.conf.ext } > > > > userdb { driver =dict args =/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict- > auth.conf.ext } > > > > uri= proxy:/var/run/mail_directory_service/socket:somewhere > > > > password_key= passdb/%u user_key= userdb/%u iterate_disable= > yes | > > > > > > > > This configuration was working fine in 2.3 to proxy user and > password > > > > lookups to an external service via a Unix socket. However, > Dovecot 2.4 > > > > has reworked configuration parsing, and this syntax no longer > appears > > > > valid. I couldn’t find a direct equivalent in the 2.4 > documentation. > > > > > > > > Could someone advise how this should be adapted for 2.4? > > > > > > > > What’s the correct way to specify the proxy: URI in 2.4? > > > > > > > > Are password_key and user_key still supported, or should I > be using > > > > a different mechanism? > > > > > > > > Is iterate_disable = yes still relevant or required in > this context? > > > > > > > > Any guidance, examples, or pointers to migration resources > would be very > > > > helpful. > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Brent Clark > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm in the process of upgrading from Dovecot 2.3 to 2.4 and > would > > > appreciate > > > > some help translating an existing configuration that uses a > proxy lookup > > > for > > > > user and password databases. > > > > Here's the relevant 2.3 configuration: > > > > passdb { > > > > driver =dict > > > > args =/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-auth.conf.ext > > > > } > > > > userdb { > > > > driver =dict > > > > args =/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-auth.conf.ext > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > > > uri = proxy:/var/run/mail_directory_service/socket:somewhere > > > > password_key = passdb/%u > > > > user_key = userdb/%u > > > > iterate_disable = yes > > > > > > > > This configuration was working fine in 2.3 to proxy user and > password > > > lookups > > > > to an external service via a Unix socket. However, Dovecot 2.4 > has > > > reworked > > > > configuration parsing, and this syntax no longer appears valid. > I > > > couldn’t find > > > > a direct equivalent in the 2.4 documentation. > > > > > > > > Could someone advise how this should be adapted for 2.4? > > > > > > > > What’s the correct way to specify the proxy: URI in 2.4? > > > > > > > > Are password_key and user_key still supported, or should I > be using a > > > > different mechanism? > > > > > > > > Is iterate_disable = yes still relevant or required in this > context? > > > > > > > > Any guidance, examples, or pointers to migration resources > would be very > > > > helpful. > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Brent Clark > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > Please see > > > https://doc.dovecot.org/2.4.1/installation/upgrade/2.3-to- > 2.4.html and > > > https://github.com/dovecot/tools/blob/main/dovecot-2.4.0-example- > config.tar.gz, > > > hopefully these already help you forward. > > > > > > Aki > > > > > > > > > You guys need to fix that example config archive! > > > > root@eu:/home/wash/Mara.Cloud# wget > > https://github.com/dovecot/tools/blob/main/dovecot-2.4.0-example- > config.tar.gz > > --2025-05-28 13:03:53-- > > https://github.com/dovecot/tools/blob/main/dovecot-2.4.0-example- > config.tar.gz > > Resolving github.com (github.com)... 140.82.121.3 > > Connecting to github.com (github.com)|140.82.121.3|:443... > connected. > > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK > > Length: unspecified [text/html] > > Saving to: ‘dovecot-2.4.0-example-config.tar.gz’ > > > > dovecot-2.4.0-example-config.tar.gz > [ <=> > > > > ] 172.85K --.- > KB/s in > > 0.07s > > > > 2025-05-28 13:03:54 (2.57 MB/s) - ‘dovecot-2.4.0-example- > config.tar.gz’ > > saved [176999] > > > > The tar is fine, your wget is not. > > Aki > >
If you open the link first and then pick up the link to download it as raw file, it'll actually work. Aki _______________________________________________ dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.org To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-le...@dovecot.org
