I feel more comfortable having two separate password files for Dovecot and OpenSMTPD. Yes, it's more administrative work but it works fine for my purposes.
On Mon, Aug 27, 2018, 2:40 PM Bruno Pagani wrote: > The passwd option exists actually, but is provided by opensmtpd-extras. > > And that’s what I use since it allows keeping the same file for opensmtpd > and dovecot. > > Regards, > Bruno > > Le 27 août 2018 09:31:54 GMT+02:00, Antonino Sidoti <n...@sidoti.id.au> a > écrit : >> >> HI, >> >> Base on the feedback I am going to use the ‘file’ option for the >> credentials table in my smtpd.conf; >> >> table passed file:/etc/mail/passwd >> >> Thanks >> >> On 27 Aug 2018, at 5:24 pm, Matt Schwartz <matt.schwart...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> I simply use the file type. For example: >> table credentials file:/etc/mail/credentials. >> >> I do it this way because it is the simplest form. All I have in the >> credentials file is username:password. Use smtpctl encrypt to generate the >> encrypted password for the user. Finally, use smtpctl update table >> credentials to tell smtpd about the changes. >> >> On Sun, Aug 26, 2018, 11:35 PM Antonino Sidoti wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> When using a credentials table (man table), what table type do I use >>> with regards to using the table in a smtpd.conf configuration? >>> >>> I have created this table in my smtpd.conf but I am not sure it is >>> correct? >>> >>> table passwd file:/etc/mail/passwd >>> >>> Though I have seen a sample configuration from another site using a >>> different table type; >>> >>> table passwd passwd:/etc/mail/passwd >>> >>> Reading the man page, it does not make any reference to the table type >>> using ‘passwd’. It only talks about ‘file’ and ‘db’. >>> >>> Nino >> >> >>