dovecot - Mar 2007 - Variable %h not recognized in userdb_mail (passwd-file)

As in subject, if you for instance create a simple passwd-file with:

test at
domain.tld:{plain}pass:20000:10::/home/regular/.test::userdb_mail=maildir:%h/maildir

Dovecot (rc23 & 27) will expand %h to empty string, and try to make a 
directory under /

Mar 14 14:25:28 rasengan dovecot: IMAP(test at domain.tld): 
mkdir(/maildir/cur) failed: Permission denied
Mar 14 14:25:28 rasengan dovecot: IMAP(test at domain.tld): 
mkdir(/maildir/.Trash/cur) failed: Permission denied
...

If tilde is used instead of %h, the expansion works properly.

While checking it, I tested other variables (putting aside
craziness of using some of them), so summing it up - h,w,i,a,b don't 
work, all the other ones do.

In case %h is not actually intended to work in passwd-files, some wiki 
examples would have to be adjusted.

On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 14:36 +0100, Michal Soltys wrote:
> As in subject, if you for instance create a simple passwd-file with:
> 
> test at
domain.tld:{plain}pass:20000:10::/home/regular/.test::userdb_mail=maildir:%h/maildir
> 
> Dovecot (rc23 & 27) will expand %h to empty string, and try to make a 
> directory under /
Looks like the expansion was done too early. Fixed:
http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-cvs/2007-March/008128.html
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Timo Sirainen wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 14:36 +0100, Michal Soltys wrote:
>> As in subject, if you for instance create a simple passwd-file with:
>>
>> test at
domain.tld:{plain}pass:20000:10::/home/regular/.test::userdb_mail=maildir:%h/maildir
>>
>> Dovecot (rc23 & 27) will expand %h to empty string, and try to make
a
>> directory under /
> 
> Looks like the expansion was done too early. Fixed:
> http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-cvs/2007-March/008128.html
Now dovecot both expands %h and treats it literally, creating following 
directory: /home/regular/.test/%h/maildir

Assuming passwd-file as previously.