On Sep 17, 2019 9:05 AM, Gilles Chehade <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > Is there anyone using table-passwd for _any_ other purposes than sharing > with Dovecot ? > > I have built a fully virtual setup which shares credentials with Dovecot > and since I managed to do it _without_ table-passwd I'm wondering if the > table backend is really useful and if it was not created because soneone > had overlooked the first few lines of the Dovecot documentation stating: > > "For a password database, it's enough to have only the user and password > fields." > > -- > Gilles Chehade @poolpOrg > > https://www.poolp.org patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gilles >
Not actually using it, but for dovecot to use it as a userdb as well as a passdb it needs the additional fields. Edgar
