On 09/03/2009 12:35 PM Baptiste Malguy wrote: > Hello, > > I've just subscribed to the list, as a recent user of Dovecot (1.2.4 by > now). > > I eventually missed a point, so I tried to find other doc or comments about > my issue, but failed to. If the following has already been discussed, please > simply reply with a URL to the corresponding thread or doc ;-) > > Now that I have covered my ass, here is the problem I meet. > > In dovecot.conf, I have the following: > mail_uid = vmail > mail_guid = vmail > which is confirmed with 'dovecot -n' > > I have a script my-expire-tool-test containing: > #!/bin/sh > set > which basically only display environment variables. > > When I run : > /usr/sbin/dovecot --exec-mail ext my-expire-tool-test > I do not see any variable MAIL_UID nor MAIL_GID. As a consquence, when I run > /usr/sbin/dovecot --exec-mail ext my-expire-tool > with my-expire-tool containing: > #!/bin/sh > > # This script is a workaround for Dovecot 1.2 having issue to load modules > when running expire-tool. > # More information: http://wiki.dovecot.org/Plugins/Expire, search Dovecot > v1.2 > > MAIL_PLUGINS=${MAIL_PLUGINS//antispam/} > MAIL_PLUGINS=${MAIL_PLUGINS//imap_acl/} > MAIL_PLUGINS=${MAIL_PLUGINS//imap_quota/} > MAIL_PLUGINS=${MAIL_PLUGINS//mail_log/} > > exec /usr/lib/dovecot/expire-tool "$@" > > It politely tells me: > Error: userdb(u...@domain) didn't return uid and mail_uid not set > > Actually, this is this message error that lead me to check the environment > variables. Then I also checked the source code, and run: > grep -r env_put . | grep -i mail_ > > No trace of mail_uid nor mail_gid. Did I find a bug or did I miss a point ? >
Hi, sorry I'm not absolutely sure, but I believe <http://wiki.dovecot.org/UserDatabase/Static> may help you. Regards, Pascal -- The trapper recommends today: deadbeef.0924...@localdomain.org
