dovecot - May 2013 - userdb section order seems important in config file

Hi Timo, et al,

I'm using Dovecot 2.2.2, with dict file based quota and a quota_rule in
dovecot.conf. I have userdb configured like so:

userdb {
  driver = passwd-file
  args = /etc/dovecot/passwd-file
}
userdb {
  driver = passwd
}

I get the behavior I want with a single line in the passwd-file for any
users that I'd like to override the default quota. BUT, if I list the
userdb sections in the reverse order, with the driver=passwd first, then
the quotas in passwd-file are ignored.

I have a feeling I am counting on undocumented behavior that might
change in the future. Or is this okay to depend on?

Thanks,
Ken

-- 
Ken Anderson
Pacific Internet - http://www.pacific.net

Ah, it looks like this is by design. Great.
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Authentication/MultipleDatabases

It wasn't mentioned as a solution on
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Quota/Configuration#passwd-file so I missed it.

Ken

On 5/24/2013 2:09 PM, Ken A wrote:
> Hi Timo, et al,
> 
> I'm using Dovecot 2.2.2, with dict file based quota and a quota_rule in
> dovecot.conf. I have userdb configured like so:
> 
> userdb {
>   driver = passwd-file
>   args = /etc/dovecot/passwd-file
> }
> userdb {
>   driver = passwd
> }
> 
> I get the behavior I want with a single line in the passwd-file for any
> users that I'd like to override the default quota. BUT, if I list the
> userdb sections in the reverse order, with the driver=passwd first, then
> the quotas in passwd-file are ignored.
> 
> I have a feeling I am counting on undocumented behavior that might
> change in the future. Or is this okay to depend on?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ken
> 
-- 
Ken Anderson
Pacific Internet - http://www.pacific.net