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diff --git a/mail/dovecot-devel/files/README.FreeBSD b/mail/dovecot-devel/files/README.FreeBSD index 093fdf57ea81..0ca49a31021c 100644 --- a/mail/dovecot-devel/files/README.FreeBSD +++ b/mail/dovecot-devel/files/README.FreeBSD @@ -4,13 +4,38 @@ # $FreeBSD$ # - 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. +-> 2003/06/28 (NEW) - + 2003/04/15 + o The authentication mechanism is different on FreeBSD 4 and 5. + For the default configuration set the following variables in + your dovecot.conf according to your version of FreeBSD. + + + FreeBSD 4 (DEFAULT) + + auth_passdb = passwd + auth_user = dovecot-auth + + + FreeBSD 5 + + auth_passdb = pam * + auth_user = root + +-> 2003/04/15 + + o Dovecot 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. + + + 2003/06/28 (NEW) + Dovecot now has four configuration variables which allow you to + set the high and low boundaries for acceptable user and group ids. + You still can not login to root's mailbox with Dovecot however. + The default configuration which comes with the port is now + configured to accept connections from users in the wheel group, + my patch which added the allow_zero_gid variable below has been + removed. Update your configurations to match. + + + 2003/04/15 (DEPRECIATED) 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: @@ -48,11 +73,14 @@ 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 + 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 + ssl_cert_file = /var/dovecot/ssl/certs/imapd.pem + ssl_key_file = /var/dovecot/ssl/private/imapd.pem + +Thanks, +Dominic Marks <dominic.marks@btinternet.com> |