[Dovecot] LDAP & static userdb

spamvoll at googlemail.com spamvoll at googlemail.com
Fri Aug 27 17:32:04 EEST 2010


no idea if it matters but
the static userdb sets only the home=.
is it possible to set home= and mail=
because both souldnt be the same as Timo mentioned a few days ago

2010/8/27  <spamvoll at googlemail.com>:
> hi..
>
> im just testing 2.0 before upgrading to v1.2 :)
>
> in auth-ldap.conf.ext i found
>
> # If you don't have any user-specific settings, you can avoid the userdb LDAP
> # lookup by using userdb static instead of userdb ldap, for example:
> # <doc/wiki/UserDatabase.Static.txt>
> #userdb {
>  #driver = static
>  #args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/vmail/%u
> #}
>
> On 1.2 im using LDAP lookup and everthing works like a charm.
> user_attrs = homeDirectory=home,uid=mail=maildir:/home/MAILBOXES/%$/mail
>
> On 2.0 is now tried to use this option cause all my mail are stored in
> /home/MAILBOXES/%uid/mail
> userdb {
>  driver = static
>  args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/home/MAILBOXES/%u/mail
> }
>
> and that doesnt work
> log say:
> dovecot: imap(hpeter): Error: user hpeter: Initialization failed:
> mail_location not set and autodetection failed: Mail storage
> autodetection failed with home=/home/MAILBOXES/hpeter/mail
>
> Hans
>


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