dovecot - Apr 2014 - How to bring dovecot to using a slightly modified passwd file

Hello all,

I am trying to use a setup where domains have separate passwd files with a
slightly different layout. Is there a way to tell dovecot that a passwd file
contains everything it looks for but on different positions inside the passwd
file line?

Standard passwd:

USERNAME:PASSWD:UID:GID:HOME:extras

different layout:

USERNAME:PASSWD:extras:UID:GID:HOME

Or do I have to patch the source, and where if necessary?

Thanks for your help.
-- 
Regards,
Stephan

Stephan von Krawczynski skrev den 2014-04-21 09:33:
> Or do I have to patch the source, and where if necessary?
dovecot does not need passwd files, you can eg use any db that dovecot 
support, lets say sqlite, then you can make layout free of charge

make a php wrapper that import flat filedb to sqlite, and another one to 
export sqlite to fliledb

that would be heaven imho :)

and at the same time a nice backup

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On Mon, 21 Apr 2014, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote:
> I am trying to use a setup where domains have separate passwd files with a
> slightly different layout. Is there a way to tell dovecot that a passwd
file
> contains everything it looks for but on different positions inside the
passwd
> file line?
>
> Standard passwd:
>
> USERNAME:PASSWD:UID:GID:HOME:extras
>
> different layout:
>
> USERNAME:PASSWD:extras:UID:GID:HOME
>
> Or do I have to patch the source, and where if necessary?
Check out

src/auth/db-passwd-file.c
src/auth/passdb-passwd-file.c

BTW: To shift "extras" before uid/gid requires a way to quote
":", too.

- -- 
Steffen Kaiser
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On Mon, 21 Apr 2014, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote:
> I am trying to use a setup where domains have separate passwd files with a
> slightly different layout. Is there a way to tell dovecot that a passwd
file
> contains everything it looks for but on different positions inside the
passwd
> file line?
>
> Standard passwd:
>
> USERNAME:PASSWD:UID:GID:HOME:extras
>
> different layout:
>
> USERNAME:PASSWD:extras:UID:GID:HOME
>
> Or do I have to patch the source, and where if necessary?
Check out

src/auth/db-passwd-file.c
src/auth/passdb-passwd-file.c

BTW: To shift "extras" before uid/gid requires a way to quote
":", too.

- -- 
Steffen Kaiser
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