Fellow dovecot'ers,
I'm just getting started with Dovecot, and I'm not a programmer, so
please be
gentle. ;-)
THE PLATFORM: NetBSD 3.0/SPARC, Postfix 2.3-RC8, current Dovecot RC (I
forgot the number). Maildir-type directories.
THE GOAL: To accommodate authenticated (remote) POP3 users with APOP or
SSL/TLS, and allow users on the internal network (192.168.x.x) to just use basic
POP3 without worrying about authentication.
QUESTIONS:
(1) Does the dovecot master daemon have to be running in order to call pop3-
login from inetd, in response to POP connection attempts? If so, it could be a
problem. I'm getting this error when I try to start the thing.
featherweb: {339} /usr/local/sbin/dovecot
Fatal: listen(110) failed: Address already in use
featherweb: {340}
(2) For apop authentication, how do I go about generating the shared secret file
locally, for each user? Is there a script that came with dovecot or...?
(3) Is there a trick, similar to postfix's 'postconf -n,' that will
give a condensed
output of dovecot's configuration file?
(4) I'm currently using sasl auth for Postfix's SMTP auth function. How
difficult is it
to use Dovecot for the same thing?
(5) GAAAAHHHHH! (Just on general principles, based on the hours I've spent
trying to get everything working).
Thanks in advance.
---
Bruce 'Quietly Making Noise' Lane
Blue Feather Technologies
* On 09/07/06 12:32 -0700, kyrrin at bluefeathertech.com wrote:
| Fellow dovecot'ers,
|
| I'm just getting started with Dovecot, and I'm not a programmer, so
please be
| gentle. ;-)
|
| THE PLATFORM: NetBSD 3.0/SPARC, Postfix 2.3-RC8, current Dovecot RC (I
| forgot the number). Maildir-type directories.
|
| THE GOAL: To accommodate authenticated (remote) POP3 users with APOP or
| SSL/TLS, and allow users on the internal network (192.168.x.x) to just use
basic
| POP3 without worrying about authentication.
|
| QUESTIONS:
|
| (1) Does the dovecot master daemon have to be running in order to call pop3-
| login from inetd, in response to POP connection attempts? If so, it could be a
| problem. I'm getting this error when I try to start the thing.
|
| featherweb: {339} /usr/local/sbin/dovecot
| Fatal: listen(110) failed: Address already in use
| featherweb: {340}
That means another daemon is already using/listening on port 110. Check
if another pop3 daemon is installed and running and disable it!
| (2) For apop authentication, how do I go about generating the shared secret
file
| locally, for each user? Is there a script that came with dovecot or...?
I have never done apop auth so I have no answer. You could try the options
in the wiki -
http://wiki.dovecot.org/PopBSMTPAndDovecot
http://wanderingbarque.com/howtos/mailserver/mailserver.html
[you could get one or two clues. I am sure apop is not the only option
you want]
| (3) Is there a trick, similar to postfix's 'postconf -n,' that
will give a condensed
| output of dovecot's configuration file?
egrep -v '^[[:space:]]*(#|$)' /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf
| (4) I'm currently using sasl auth for Postfix's SMTP auth function.
How difficult is it
| to use Dovecot for the same thing?
I have not done it, but I use Exim, not Postfix.
| (5) GAAAAHHHHH! (Just on general principles, based on the hours I've spent
| trying to get everything working).
Have you checked the wiki for many hours, amongst those you've spent, did
you spend
reading the documentation/tips on the Dovecot Wiki?
http://wiki.dovecot.org/
-Wash
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kyrrin at bluefeathertech.com wrote:> Fellow dovecot'ers, > > I'm just getting started with Dovecot, and I'm not a programmer, so please be > gentle. ;-) > > THE PLATFORM: NetBSD 3.0/SPARC, Postfix 2.3-RC8, current Dovecot RC (I > forgot the number). Maildir-type directories. > > THE GOAL: To accommodate authenticated (remote) POP3 users with APOP or > SSL/TLS, and allow users on the internal network (192.168.x.x) to just use basic > POP3 without worrying about authentication.Well, we're off to a good start, already :) Plenty of information it good.> QUESTIONS: > > (1) Does the dovecot master daemon have to be running in order to call pop3- > login from inetd, in response to POP connection attempts? If so, it could be a > problem. I'm getting this error when I try to start the thing. > > featherweb: {339} /usr/local/sbin/dovecot > Fatal: listen(110) failed: Address already in use > featherweb: {340}This is, I'm guessing, because inetd is already listening on port 110. The Dovecot master program and inetd are doing much of the same work: listening for connections, handing them off to the appropriate child task, etc.. My own search of the mailing list archives shows release notes from 1.0beta9 saying POP3 works from inetd, however I can't find more details. It would be worth your time to look through the mailing list archives if you haven't already: http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/> (2) For apop authentication, how do I go about generating the shared secret file > locally, for each user? Is there a script that came with dovecot or...? > > (3) Is there a trick, similar to postfix's 'postconf -n,' that will give a condensed > output of dovecot's configuration file?I believe this was added during the beta stage, but as I've not yet migrated to 1.0 myself, I can't easily test.> (4) I'm currently using sasl auth for Postfix's SMTP auth function. How difficult is it > to use Dovecot for the same thing?You mean Cyrus SASL? *shudder*. Recent versions of Postfix support authenticating directly against the Dovecot SASL daemon, though if you're not running the Dovecot master process, you may also not be running the auth process.> (5) GAAAAHHHHH! (Just on general principles, based on the hours I've spent > trying to get everything working).I think every one of us has been where you are now, in a frustrating bind that you feel should be easier. And that is why I believe you will find much help here :) On a more general note - why do people prefer to use inetd instead of Dovecot master? -- C