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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 17:36:47 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 17:36:47 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 1:2.3.21+dfsg1.upstream/1%2.3.21+dfsg1
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diff --git a/doc/wiki/AuthDatabase.PasswdFile.txt b/doc/wiki/AuthDatabase.PasswdFile.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aa25b6d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/wiki/AuthDatabase.PasswdFile.txt @@ -0,0 +1,150 @@ +Passwd-file +=========== + +This file is compatible with a normal '/etc/passwd' file, and a password file +used by libpam-pwdfile <PAM> [PasswordDatabase.PAM.txt] plugin. It's in the +following format: + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +user:password:uid:gid:(gecos):home:(shell):extra_fields +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +For a password database it's enough to have only the user and password fields. +For a user database, you need to set also uid, gid and preferably also home +(see <VirtualUsers.txt>). (gecos) and (shell) fields are unused by Dovecot. + +The password field can be in four formats: + + * 'password': Assume CRYPT <password scheme> + [Authentication.PasswordSchemes.txt]. + * '{SCHEME}password': The password is in the given <scheme> + [Authentication.PasswordSchemes.txt]. + * 'password[13]': libpam-passwd file compatible format for CRYPT <scheme> + [Authentication.PasswordSchemes.txt]. + * 'password[34]': libpam-passwd file compatible format for MD5 <scheme> + [Authentication.PasswordSchemes.txt]. + +extra_fields is a space-separated list of key=value pairs which can be used to +set various <passdb settings> [PasswordDatabase.ExtraFields.txt] and <userdb +settings> [UserDatabase.ExtraFields.txt]. Keys which begin with a 'userdb_' +prefix are used for userdb, others are used for passdb. So for example if you +wish to override <mail_location> [MailLocation.txt] setting for one user, use +'userdb_mail=mbox:~/mail'. <Variable> [Variables.txt] expansion is done for +extra_fields. + +Empty lines and lines beginning with '#' character are ignored. + +Multiple passwd files +--------------------- + +You can use all the <variables> [Variables.txt] in the passwd-file filenames, +for example: + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +passdb { + driver = passwd-file + # Each domain has a separate passwd-file: + args = /etc/auth/%d/passwd +} +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Passwd-file args +---------------- + + * *scheme=<s>*: Allows you to specify the default <password scheme> + [Authentication.PasswordSchemes.txt]. The default is CRYPT. This is + available only for passdb. + * *username_format=<s>*: Look up usernames using this format instead of the + full username ('%u'). If you want to enable user@domain logins but have only + "user" in the file, set this to '%n'. + +Examples +-------- + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +passdb { + driver = passwd-file + args = scheme=plain-md5 username_format=%n /etc/imap.passwd +} +userdb { + driver = passwd-file + args = username_format=%n /etc/imap.passwd + default_fields = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/home/vmail/%u +} +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + * The default_fields is explained in <UserDatabase#Userdb_settings.> + [UserDatabase.txt] They can be used to provide default userdb fields based + on templates in case they're not specified for everyone in the passwd file. + If you leave any of the standard userdb fields (uid, gid, home) empty, these + defaults will be used. + +This file can be used as a passdb: + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +user:{plain}password +user2:{plain}password2 +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +passdb with extra fields: + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +user:{plain}password::::::allow_nets=192.168.0.0/24 +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +This file can be used as both a passwd and a userdb: + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +user:{plain}pass:1000:1000::/home/user::userdb_mail=maildir:~/Maildir +allow_nets=192.168.0.0/24 +user2:{plain}pass2:1001:1001::/home/user2 +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +FreeBSD /etc/master.passwd as passdb and userdb +----------------------------------------------- + +On FreeBSD, '/etc/passwd' doesn't work as a password database because the +password field is replaced by a '*'. '/etc/master.passwd' can be converted into +a format usable by passwd-file. As <PasswordDatabase.PAM.txt> can access the +system-wide credentials on FreeBSD, what follows is generally needed only if +the mail accounts are different from the system accounts. + +If only using the result for 'name:password:uid:gid' and not using +<PasswordDatabase.ExtraFields.txt> you may be able to use the extract directly. +However, the Linux-style passwd file has fewer fields than that used by FreeBSD +and it will need to be edited if any fields past the first four are needed. In +particular, it will fail if used directly as a 'userdb' as the field used for +'home' is not in the same place as expected by the Dovecot parser. The +':class:change:expire' stanza in each line should be removed to be consistent +with the Linux-style format. While that stanza often is '::0:0' use of 'cut' is +likely much safer than 'sed' or other blind substitution. + +In '/etc/master.passwd', a password of '*' indicates that password +authentication is disabled for that user and the token '*LOCKED*' prevents all +login authentication, so you might as well exclude those: + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +# fgrep -v '*' /etc/master.passwd | cut -d : -f 1-4,8-10 > +/path/to/file-with-encrypted-passwords +# chmod 640 /path/to/file-with-encrypted-passwords +# chown root:dovecot /path/to/file-with-encrypted-passwords +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +or permissions and ownership that may be more appropriate for your install and +security needs. + +The following will work in many situations, after disabling the inclusion of +other 'userdb' and 'passdb' sections + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +passdb { + driver = passwd-file + args = username_format=%n /path/to/file-with-encrypted-passwords +} +userdb { + driver = passwd-file + args = username_format=%n /path/to/file-with-encrypted-passwords +} +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(This file was created from the wiki on 2019-06-19 12:42) |