diff dovecot-example.conf @ 1582:498a9b7797f2 HEAD

Comment updates
author Timo Sirainen <tss@iki.fi>
date Thu, 26 Jun 2003 17:59:23 +0300
parents ab2fb3c6a12b
children 8156b82727a8
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--- a/dovecot-example.conf	Thu Jun 26 03:48:31 2003 +0300
+++ b/dovecot-example.conf	Thu Jun 26 17:59:23 2003 +0300
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@
 # Executable location.
 #login_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
 
-# User to use for the login process. The user must belong to a group where
-# only it has access, it's used to control access for authentication process
-# named sockets.
+# User to use for the login process. Create a completely new user for this,
+# and don't use it anywhere else. The user must also belong to a group where
+# only it has access, it's used to control access for authentication process.
 #login_user = dovecot
 
 # Set max. process size in megabytes. If you don't use
@@ -394,8 +394,9 @@
 # Set max. process size in megabytes.
 #auth_process_size = 256
 
-# User to use for the process. Only shadow and pam authentication requires
-# roots, so use something else if possible.
+# 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.
 auth_user = root
 
 # Directory where to chroot the process. Most authentication backends don't