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--- doc:appunti:linux:sa:postfix_spamassassin_clamav_dovecot [2019/04/05 10:09] – [Sanitizer/ClamAV Filter] niccolo
+++ doc:appunti:linux:sa:postfix_spamassassin_clamav_dovecot [2021/02/09 09:36] – [Postfix SASL over Dovecot Auth] niccolo
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 We want a **single authentication mechanism** for SMTP, POP3 and IMAP, and we want to let the user to authenticate using the Unix **username** or the full **email address** and the password. Dovecot authentication is suitable for the task; the default Debian configuration provides authentication against the system usernames via the PAM module. The configuration file is **/etc/dovecot/conf.d/auth-system.conf.ext**.
-To let authentication using the email address, we provide a passwd-like file **/etc/dovecot/userdb**, we will leave //gecos//, //shell// and //extra_fields// blank. See [[https://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/PasswdFile|PasswdFile]] wiki page for details:
+To let authentication using the email address, we provide a passwd-like file **/etc/dovecot/users**, we will leave //gecos//, //shell// and //extra_fields// blank. See [[https://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/PasswdFile|PasswdFile]] wiki page for details:
 <file>
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 passdb {
   driver = passwd-file
-  args = scheme=CRYPT /etc/dovecot/userdb
+  args = scheme=CRYPT username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users
 }
 userdb {
   driver = passwd-file
-  args = /etc/dovecot/userdb
+  args = username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users
 }
 </file>
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 </code>
-The file **/etc/dovecot/userdb** should be built e.g. by a cron-job, joining Postfix ''virtual_alias_maps'' and ''/etc/shadow'' passwords. It is re-read at each lookup. We need also to protect it:
+The file **/etc/dovecot/users** should be built e.g. by a cron-job, joining Postfix ''virtual_alias_maps'' and ''/etc/shadow'' passwords. It is re-read at each lookup. We need also to protect it:
 <code>
-chmod 0640 /etc/dovecot/userdb
+chmod 0640 /etc/dovecot/users
-chown root:dovecot /etc/dovecot/userdb
+chown root:dovecot /etc/dovecot/users
 </code>
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 ===== Postfix SASL over Dovecot Auth =====
-See **[[https://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/PostfixAndDovecotSASL|Postfix And Dovecot SASL]]**.
+See **[[https://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/PostfixAndDovecotSASL|Postfix and Dovecot SASL]]**.
 First of all we need to activate the socket used by Posfix for authentication. In **/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf** ensure that into the //service auth// section there is:
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   * **dovecot-pop3d**
-Once installed, the basic services **IMAP2** on port **TCP/143** and **POP3** on port **TCP/110** are already working, eventually with the **Dovecot Authentication on userdb** as seen above.
+Once installed, the basic services **IMAP2** on port **TCP/143** and **POP3** on port **TCP/110** are already working, eventually with the **Dovecot Authentication on users** as seen above.
 ==== Enable SSL, imaps and pop3s ====