dovecot - Apr 2012 - setting up ldap for sasl

Greetings
im new to the list
 dovecot --version
2.0.13
ubuntu 11.10
i want to use dovecot to authenticate my ldap users.  My local users can
authenticate and send email. Using postfix sasl/tls dovecot pam.

I have read many docs/tutorials, which all have a plethora of options and
information. my file structure is different than most of the documentation.
I have ../etc/dovecot.conf which points to.

!include_try /usr/share/dovecot/protocols.d/*.protocol
!include conf.d/*.conf
!include_try local.conf


which leads me to /etc/dovecot/conf.d, which is full of config files. All were
traditionally located in dovecot.conf in previous versions.

im using PAM to authenticate my local system users. I have read that could
adjust PAM, to use LDAP.

How do I configure dovecot to keep using pam for local users and ldap for remote
? Do i just add the passdb lines

dovecot.conf:

passdb ldap {

  args = /etc/dovecot-ldap.conf

}

userdb prefetch {

}

# The userdb below is used only by deliver.

userdb ldap {

  args = /etc/dovecot-ldap.conf

}
dovecot-ldap.conf:

pass_attrs = uid=user,userPassword=password,
homeDirectory=userdb_home,uidNumber=userdb_uid,gidNumber=userdb_gid

# For deliver:
user_attrs = homeDirectory=home,uidNumber=uid,gidNumber=gid


any assistance would be helpful.
-j

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On Apr 2, 2012, at 9:01 AM, jeff donovan wrote:
> Greetings
> im new to the list
> dovecot --version
> 2.0.13
> ubuntu 11.10
> i want to use dovecot to authenticate my ldap users.  My local users can
authenticate and send email. Using postfix sasl/tls dovecot pam.
> 
> I have read many docs/tutorials, which all have a plethora of options and
information. my file structure is different than most of the documentation.
> I have ../etc/dovecot.conf which points to.
> 
> !include_try /usr/share/dovecot/protocols.d/*.protocol
> !include conf.d/*.conf
> !include_try local.conf

i included /etc/dovecot/conf.d/dovecot-ldap.conf 

and I get errors from dovecot config.

doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file
/etc/dovecot/conf.d/dovecot-ldap.conf line 17: Unknown setting: hosts
doveconf: Error: managesieve-login: dump-capability process returned 89

i remove it, then it goes to the next option i have set;

doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file
/etc/dovecot/conf.d/dovecot-ldap.conf line 21: Unknown setting: uris
doveconf: Error: managesieve-login: dump-capability process returned 89

any help would be great

-j
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