[Dovecot] Problems with pam+ldap + quota

[Sven Hartge]

Antonio Perez-Aranda <aperezaranda at yaco.es> wrote:
> 2011/3/15 Sven Hartge <sven at svenhartge.de>:
>> Antonio Perez-Aranda <aperezaranda at yaco.es> wrote:
>>
>>> userdb {
>>>  driver = passwd
>>>  args = uid=exim gid=exim quota=*:bytes=%$
>>> }
>>
>> BTW: I think it is very dangerous to use the exim-user and -group as
>> user and group for your virtual user.
>>
>> You better use a different user to store and access the emails under,
>> like "virtmail", "vmail", etc.

> Yes, I think the same so, but is a customer requeriment.

I know your problem. But sometimes you have to convince your customer of
their ill-doing and correct any imminent problems before they cause
havoc.

Especially with mail. No need for another SPAM-spewing hacked server.

Grüße,
Sven.

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