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On 02/03/2012 08:13 AM, Natxo Asenjo wrote: > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Natxo Asenjo <natxo.ase...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Dale Macartney >> <d...@themacartneyclan.com> wrote: >> >>> I have been experimenting with how best to address this, however I am >>> constantly being pushed back to the only way of having a userdir that >>> actually exists would be a homdir which would be created when a user >>> first logs in. >>> >>> Yes, if you ssh to the dovecot server as the user (with oddjobd running >>> in the background) it will create the homedir with no problems and the >>> issue is resolved, however users should not *have to* interactively log >>> into a server just to allow them to access mail. >>> >>> my only thinking here is shared homedirs (nfs?) between clients and >>> servers, however my thoughts on this are "if dovecot is redirecting a >>> users mail to their homedir, then why do we need dovecot to access it >>> via imap when the mail will already appear in their homedir?" >>> >>> does anyone have any thoughts on this? > > further you do not need to have the Maildirs on the users' homedirs: > > http://wiki.dovecot.org/Authentication/Kerberos > <quote> > If you only want to use Kerberos ticket-based authentication: > > auth default { > mechanisms = gssapi > userdb static { > args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/vmail/%u > } > } > </quote> > > I have not tested it, but then you could have all the Maildirs in the > imap server. > just to clarify, I have just re-tested to verify... without the mail_location the below message is present in maillog Feb 3 08:32:37 mail04 dovecot: imap(user1): Error: user user1: Initialization failed: mail_location not set and autodetection failed: Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/home/user1 Feb 3 08:32:37 mail04 dovecot: imap(user1): Error: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJPK5w9AAoJEAJsWS61tB+qS2sP/1Mq+UdjJAWLwCLWpXLX8ZL9 NUGKzEdspObOzRNDQxrgIxmSLhDpnXGW0fIu+3FU2QVyAa+bilROlHJhcGasSRwG E72dsRaxwCk1B/9beTs6LdeMuZ6pgSzRgfpJNEZNF1TZI7c8mSZsrEiH5r6eCzzK RSWbsT2FasCGsKPN05fJPNOv8qh7ByP17wymlxgSHx1FpekvtM8UlrzjKvT66KWq oibJS3U8wD8NyRoz5GIPg4kWYSicv859OGV9FyhNwg0mTb+rinjGoYWYb8WHVGVl QWfb/jUQJucJB5i+l5sYyTaiIoURiusvW8XW/vlutqzzjqMFV6yV5IzISDagjoLX Dm3ONl32wSBlCkuIrmvkA7zaIA5SvQG5fuE7jlrGqmZc3dLArbsShFGjjB+JYCFh EAcecx59jI5WYjcLT357uO1k1OU8bXWtr+6eiSYbME41/me8hmE9DjGpD1j9L3nI SoIATjGkNoHVaO8N7h8ENzJvDqaKoHn/nT7gCtodziIV1dN3BSbARnFrW0452JVP fiTdnXhNXHDYiN+FGTOYFGRrO3DGr9bKBAG4yRl5qVRzH7XFC1IkE43OU+PdSz9R UzKqfT28fcAEA1vgC3XlhEtWd5nN2YF1OH0oLZBR+/Kx5OEB5GVIFwlzHGkm+fhG W6RifcyCbFExaRG1k5xr =wnil -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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