dovecot - Nov 2011 - Dovecot v2.0.13 unix_listeners

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

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 <mnbbrown at 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