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authorNorikatsu Shigemura <nork@FreeBSD.org>2003-05-03 21:50:26 +0000
committerNorikatsu Shigemura <nork@FreeBSD.org>2003-05-03 21:50:26 +0000
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parentAdd ngircd 0.7.0, (diff)
Update to 0.99.9.1.
o Many Dovecot fixes o Many port corrections and fixes o OpenLDAP support o PostgreSQL support o Added additional port Documentation o Added some FreeBSD-specific patches PR: ports/51593 Submitted by: Dominic Marks <dom@cus.org.uk> (maintainer)
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+#
+# README.FreeBSD
+#
+# $FreeBSD$
+#
+
+ o Dovecot currently will not allow users with a user or group id of 0
+ to login. Because of this you will not be able to open root's
+ mailbox, or any of the mailboxes of users in the wheel group. This is
+ intended as a security feature, and isn't an issue on Linux because
+ the concept of wheel is not enforced by GNU su.
+
+ + 2003/04/15
+ It is now possible to change this behavior to allow wheel users to
+ check their mailboxes with Dovecot. Add the following line to your
+ dovecot.conf:
+
+ allow_zero_gid = yes
+
+ o The configuration which is supplied with this port is installed into
+ PREFIX/etc/dovecot-example.conf and PREFIX defaults to /usr/local.
+ I have attempted to choose what appears to be the best mixture of
+ performance and compatibility and set Dovecot up to start POP3 and
+ IMAP services for all the local users of the machine. This should be
+ enough for the simplest sites to get up and running straight away.
+
+ o Enabling SSL services should be easy, the Dovecot port is configured
+ by default to keep its SSL information under /var/dovecot/ssl, if you
+ already have certificates you wish to use then you can override this
+ in the configuration. If you don't have a certificate and wish to
+ make your own it should be as simple as:
+
+ # cd PREFIX/share/doc/dovecot/
+ # vi dovecot-openssl.conf
+
+ Add information which describes your enivironment.
+
+ # sh mkcert.sh
+
+ Execute the certificate generator. This will put a new certificate
+ and private key under /var/dovecot/ssl.
+
+ # cd PREFIX/etc/
+ # vi dovecot.conf
+
+ Reconfigure Dovecot to use SSL.
+
+ The variables you will want to set in dovecot.conf to allow a SSL
+ secured POP3 and IMAP service are:
+
+ + protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3s
+ + ssl_disable = no
+
+ You may wish to also change the following variables to reflect the
+ location of SSL certificates on your system.
+
+ + ssl_cert_file = /var/dovecot/ssl/certs/imapd.pem
+ + ssl_key_file = /var/dovecot/ssl/private/imapd.pem