On Sep 23, 2019 11:58 AM, Joerg Jung <m...@umaxx.net> wrote: > > > > > On 18. Sep 2019, at 09:38, gil...@poolp.org wrote: > > > > September 17, 2019 11:41 PM, "Edgar Pettijohn" <ed...@pettijohn-web.com> > > wrote: > > > >> On Sep 17, 2019 9:05 AM, Gilles Chehade <gil...@poolp.org> wrote: > >> > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> Is there anyone using table-passwd for _any_ other purposes than sharing > >>> with Dovecot ? > >>> > >>> I have built a fully virtual setup which shares credentials with Dovecot > >>> and since I managed to do it _without_ table-passwd I'm wondering if the > >>> table backend is really useful and if it was not created because soneone > >>> had overlooked the first few lines of the Dovecot documentation stating: > >>> > >>> "For a password database, it's enough to have only the user and password > >>> fields." > >>> > >> > >> Not actually using it, but for dovecot to use it as a userdb as well as a > >> passdb it needs the > >> additional fields. > >> > > > > ok so I'm misunderstanding the use-case, let me explain why I'm curious: > > > > I wrote table-passwd because I was told that if you wanted to create a > > virtual setup, > > backed by one single user, you needed to have a passwd(5)-format file for > > Dovecot and > > share that with OpenSMTPD. > > > > But then I did a fully virtual setup for myself and I didn't use > > table-passwd, so the > > rationale behind it falls a bit apart for me, unless there's other > > use-cases. > > > > On my setup, file /etc/mail/accounts is a simple two columns > > username/password table: > > > > # head -1 /etc/mail/accounts.txt > > gil...@poolp.org:$2b$09$0ek9ozmo1u0mSsiRo/z2AumROLK.70T9A6bP3mFDqb38L0sC5RvT6 > > # > > > [...] > > > > This allows both OpenSMTPD and Dovecot to authenticate accounts that are > > not system > > users, allows OpenSMTPD to drop mail to a maildir owned by system account > > in charge > > of virtual accounts and allows Dovecot to properly serve these accounts. > > > > Am I missing your use-cases here ? > > > > Yes, this is perfectly fine for simpler cases, but as someone else > mentioned in this thread earlier already: > Dovecot passdb knows about additional fields, in particular > to specify user specific quotas (usually rather important in > virtual user setups). table-passwd can handle/ignore these > extra_fields correctly. So my passwd file lines looks like this: > f...@bar.de:$2b$****::::::userdb_quota_rule=*:storage=10G > > >
I'm guessing you are looking for fat to trim. Personally I like it as is. Just my two cents. Edgar
