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diff --git a/doc/wiki/HowTo.SimpleVirtualInstall.txt b/doc/wiki/HowTo.SimpleVirtualInstall.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cdc21fe --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/wiki/HowTo.SimpleVirtualInstall.txt @@ -0,0 +1,188 @@ +Simple Virtual User Installation +================================ + + * Virtual users configured in '/etc/dovecot/passwd' file + * Assuming an unmodified Dovecot v2.x installation + * Assuming you're not using NFS. See <NFS.txt> for problems related to it. + +Contents + + + 1. Simple Virtual User Installation + + 2. System configuration + + 3. dovecot.conf + + 4. /etc/dovecot/passwd + + 1. Passwords + + 5. SMTP server configuration + + 1. Delivering mails + + 2. SMTP AUTH + + 6. Quota + +System configuration +==================== + + * Create *dovecot* and *dovenull* users and groups if they don't exist yet. + These are unprivileged users for Dovecot's internal use. They doen't need a + home directory or a shell. + * Create *vmail* user and *vmail* group. This is the user/group that's used to + access the mails. + * Create '/home/vmail' directory owned by vmail:vmail. The mails for all users + are stored under this directory. + * Create '/var/log/dovecot.log' and '/var/log/dovecot-info.log' files owned by + vmail:vmail, so that <dovecot-lda> [LDA.txt] can write to them. + +dovecot.conf +============ + +Below is a fully working 'dovecot.conf' file. You can use it directly, but it +might be better to instead use the included example-config as the base and make +the same modifications to it. + +If you want to configure SSL, see <SSL.txt>. + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +protocols = imap pop3 + +# It's nice to have separate log files for Dovecot. You could do this +# by changing syslog configuration also, but this is easier. +log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log +info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-info.log + +# Disable SSL for now. +ssl = no +disable_plaintext_auth = no + +# We're using Maildir format +mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir + +# If you're using POP3, you'll need this: +pop3_uidl_format = %g + +# Authentication configuration: +auth_verbose = yes +auth_mechanisms = plain +passdb { + driver = passwd-file + args = /etc/dovecot/passwd +} +userdb { + driver = static + args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/home/vmail/%u +} +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +/etc/dovecot/passwd +=================== + +See <AuthDatabase.PasswdFile.txt> for the full file format. Here we're +interested only having usernames and passwords in it. Below's an example file: + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +test:{PLAIN}pass:::::: +bill:{PLAIN}secret:::::: +timo@example.com:{PLAIN}hello123:::::: +dave@example.com:{PLAIN}world234:::::: +joe@elsewhere.org:{PLAIN}whee:::::: +jane@elsewhere.org:{PLAIN}mypass:::::: +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +As you can see, you can use multiple domains in the file, or no domains at all. +Dovecot doesn't care about domains. The extra colons are needed for <userdb> +[UserDatabase.txt] passwd-file format, and can be omitted if you are using the +static user database in the example above. + +Users can be added by editing this file. Dovecot automatically notices the new +users immediately after they're added. It also creates their home directories +when the user logs in. + +Passwords +--------- + +The passwords in the example passwd file are listed using plaintext scheme. +It's possible to use other <password schemes> +[Authentication.PasswordSchemes.txt] as well. For example SSHA256 would be a +pretty strong scheme. You can create them using 'doveadm pw' utility, for +example: + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +doveadm pw -s ssha256 +Enter new password: foo +Retype new password: foo +{SSHA256}ZpgszeowIcHdoxe3BNqvUTtPxFd6fMsyQxEWyY0Qlobaacjk +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Note that you won't get the same output after {SSHA256} as above, because +Dovecot uses random salts when creating the SSHA256 hash. This means that even +if multiple users have the same password, you won't know that because their +hashes are different. + +The passwd file entry would be: + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +{SSHA256}ZpgszeowIcHdoxe3BNqvUTtPxFd6fMsyQxEWyY0Qlobaacjk +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Joe would now have "foo" as his password. + +SMTP server configuration +========================= + +Delivering mails +---------------- + +You can configure the SMTP server to deliver mails internally, or you can use +<dovecot-lda> [LDA.txt]. Using dovecot-lda gives you better performance because +it updates Dovecot's index files while saving the mails. See <LDA.txt> for how +to configure this. Alternatively you can also use <LMTP.txt>. In config you +should have: + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +protocol lda { + postmaster_address = postmaster@example.com +} +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +SMTP AUTH +--------- + +If you're using Postfix v2.3+ or Exim v4.64+ you can use Dovecot SASL instead +of Cyrus SASL. + + * <Postfix configuration> [HowTo.PostfixAndDovecotSASL.txt] + * <Exim configuration> [HowTo.EximAndDovecotSASL.txt] + +Quota +===== + +If you need to have quota, add this to 'dovecot.conf': + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +mail_plugins = $mail_plugins quota +protocol imap { + mail_plugins = $mail_plugins imap_quota +} +plugin { + quota = maildir +} +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Then configure quota by adding 'userdb_quota_rule' <extra field> +[UserDatabase.ExtraFields.txt] to '/etc/dovecot/passwd', for example: + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +joe:{PLAIN}pass::::::userdb_quota_rule=*:storage=100M +jane:{PLAIN}pass::::::userdb_quota_rule=*:storage=200M +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Joe has now 100MB quota and Jane has 200MB quota. See <Quota.txt> for more +information about quota settings. + +(This file was created from the wiki on 2019-06-19 12:42) |