dovecot - Nov 2006 - Extra_fields / first check userdb?

Hi,

I would like to supply a few users with extra_fields. All users are found by
PAM first so the userdb passwd-file doesnt seem to be used. How to alter
the lookup sequence? We can't remove the accounts from the central passwd,
just for Dovecot.

Thanks,
Leroy

Leroy van Logchem wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to supply a few users with extra_fields. All users are
> found by
> PAM first so the userdb passwd-file doesnt seem to be used. How to alter
> the lookup sequence? We can't remove the accounts from the central
passwd,
> just for Dovecot.
> 
> Thanks,
> Leroy
You can have multiple authentication databases:-

passdb passwd-file {
    args = /etc/dovecot/special-users
  }

passdb pam {
  }

This works for us when we want to specify proxying, but presumably you'd
need to have some form of password field in "special-users" otherwise.

For userdb, we use passwd-file anyway (PAM can't be a userdb) mainly to
assign uids and gids (though these could be static, of course).

Best Wishes,
Chris

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