> On 13/02/2023 11:36 EET Xavier <xavier-ml...@proton.me> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> ** Using Dovecot 2.2.22 and Postfix 3.1.0 **
>
> I plan to migrate all accounts on my server from mbox to maildir storage but
> before i want to make some tests on dedicated accounts. To do so i want to
> overide the general "mail_location" ( mail_location =
> mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u ) with "maildir:~/Maildir" only for some test
> accounts.
>
> To do so i modified my "/etc/passwd" file using something like that :
>
> testm2m_mydomain.tld:x:2122:2122::/home/mail/testm2m_mydomain.tld:/bin/false:userdb_mail=maildir:~/Maildir
> Also tried
> testm2m_mydomain.tld:x:2122:2122::/home/mail/testm2m_mydomain.tld:/bin/false::userdb_mail=maildir:~/Maildir
>
> And as mentioned in the doc (https://wiki.dovecot.org/LDA/Postfix) i added -d
> "$USER" in my Postfix "mailbox_command" but it don't seem to work (my new
> mail_location for this test user is is not taken into account).
>
> When i try to make an "doveadm user testm2m_mydomain.tld" i get this :
>
> 8<--------------------------------
> field value
> uid 2122
> gid 2122
> home /home/mail/testm2m_mydomain.tld
> mail mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/testm2m_mydomain.tld
> system_groups_user testm2m_mydomain.tld
> 8<--------------------------------
>
> My modification is not taken into account ...
>
> Any help is welcome !
>
> /Xavier
Hi!
You need to use passwd-file driver. I would recommend adding secondary userdb
for overrides in a separate file instead of modifying /etc/passwd.
userdb {
driver = passwd
result_success = continue-ok
}
userdb {
driver = passwd-file
args = /etc/dovecot/overrides
}
and put in overrides
testm2m_mydomain.tld:::::::userdb_mail=maildir:~/Maildir
Aki
