Included comment about passwd+BSD requiring roots.

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branch : HEAD

diff --git a/dovecot-example.conf b/dovecot-example.conf
index 07b47d92dce53ddcff581fc916297c77d3dcb60e..a00311255b93f487b10b05387421c51c92bfb0f9 100644 (file)
--- a/dovecot-example.conf
+++ b/dovecot-example.conf
@@ -396,7 +396,9 @@ auth default {
 
   # User to use for the process. This user needs access to only user and
   # password databases, nothing else. Only shadow and pam authentication
-  # requires roots, so use something else if possible.
+  # requires roots, so use something else if possible. Note that passwd
+  # authentication with BSDs internally accesses shadow files, which also
+  # requires roots.
   auth_user = root
 
   # Directory where to chroot the process. Most authentication backends don't