Okay. Let's try this. With the snippet you posted from "/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf " inside the "service auth {...}" section.
This is from my "/etc/postfix/master.cf" > submission inet n - n - - smtpd > # -o syslog_name=postfix/submission > > -o smtpd_tls_security_level=encrypt > -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes > -o smtpd_sasl_type=dovecot > -o smtpd_sasl_path=private/auth > -o smtpd_sasl_security_options=noanonymous On Thursday, December 8, 2022 4:49:06 AM AKST Shawn Heisey wrote: > On 12/7/22 21:53, Henry R wrote: > > can dovecot run as a general sasl service for other apps? such as webdav. > > I am using dovecot to provide authentication for postfix submission. > This is the config in postfix: > > smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot > # Referring to /var/spool/postfix/private/auth > smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth > > In /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf I have this: > > unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { > mode = 0666 > user = postfix > group = postfix > } > > If the application supports using a socket for sasl, then I would > imagine that Dovecot should work. > > Postfix is using the same postfixadmin database for email addresses that > Dovecot is, but for authentication, it's all Dovecot. > > I should probably look into Dovecot's submission support so I don't need > to have postfix using that auth socket, just haven't found the time. > > Thanks, > Shawn -- https://justina.abeja.colmena.biz/