Hi Jeremy/all,

On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 00:25:30 -0500 Jeremy Volkening wrote:
> ....
> The short of it is that to share the passwd file, either:
> 
> 1. The file must be world-readable (not so good)
> 
> 2. The opensmtpd and dovecot daemon users must share a primary group,
> or
> 
> 3. The daemons must call initgroups() or something similar after 
> dropping privileges.

4. As a workaround, in whatever script/Makefile which creates the file,
copy or hard link the file, e.g:

-rw-r----- 1 root postmasters 314 Aug 15 16:58 passwd
-rw-r----- 1 root opensmtpd   314 Aug 15 16:58 passwd-smtp
-rw-r----- 1 root dovecot     314 Aug 15 16:58 passwd-imap

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