dovecot - Dec 2022 - Iteration failure on passwd-file when listing all users?

On 31/12/2022 18:50, Aki Tuomi wrote:
> As the log files shows:
> 
> Error: conn unix:auth-worker (pid=13471,uid=129): auth-worker<1>:
> passwd-file(*@example.com): passwd-file: User iteration isn't currently
> supported with %variable paths
> 
> This does not change by providing a domain, it still has a %variable, so it
won't work.
> 
> Aki
But I think it's meant to work - if you look at 
https://www.mail-archive.com/dovecot at dovecot.org/msg63918.html from 
2015, Timo says:
> Use userdb passwd-file to get iteration working. passdb isn't used for 
> iteration. userdb static can't be used to iterate.
If I understand this correctly, I can use wildcards if userdb has a 
passwd-file driver. My setup is:
> passdb {
>    driver = passwd-file
>    args = /var/mail/vhosts/%d/shadow
> }
> userdb {
>    driver = passwd-file
>    args = /var/mail/vhosts/%d/passwd
> }

> On 31/12/2022 21:03 EET EML <sa212+dovecot at cyconix.com> wrote:
> 
>  
> On 31/12/2022 18:50, Aki Tuomi wrote:
> 
> > As the log files shows:
> > 
> > Error: conn unix:auth-worker (pid=13471,uid=129):
auth-worker<1>:
> > passwd-file(*@example.com): passwd-file: User iteration isn't
currently
> > supported with %variable paths
> > 
> > This does not change by providing a domain, it still has a %variable,
so it won't work.
> > 
> > Aki
> 
> But I think it's meant to work - if you look at 
> https://www.mail-archive.com/dovecot at dovecot.org/msg63918.html from 
> 2015, Timo says:
> 
> > Use userdb passwd-file to get iteration working. passdb isn't used
for
> > iteration. userdb static can't be used to iterate.
> 
> If I understand this correctly, I can use wildcards if userdb has a 
> passwd-file driver. My setup is:
> 
> > passdb {
> >    driver = passwd-file
> >    args = /var/mail/vhosts/%d/shadow
> > }
> > userdb {
> >    driver = passwd-file
> >    args = /var/mail/vhosts/%d/passwd
> > }
I think Timo forgot it did not work with %variables. Unfortunately missing
features cannot be fixed by stating strongly that they should work. Lets see if
this could be finally fixed in 2.4.

Aki