From cb46e6ee48928ad63fd286cd10b602826d25aff4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Timo Sirainen Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 01:36:05 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Included comment about passwd+BSD requiring roots. --HG-- branch : HEAD --- dovecot-example.conf | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/dovecot-example.conf b/dovecot-example.conf index 07b47d92dc..a00311255b 100644 --- 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 -- 2.47.3