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Included comment about passwd+BSD requiring roots.
author Timo Sirainen <tss@iki.fi>
date Sat, 12 Jul 2003 01:36:05 +0300
parents 6850142c4e25
children d22e03714d36
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--- a/dovecot-example.conf	Fri Jul 11 13:47:59 2003 +0300
+++ b/dovecot-example.conf	Sat Jul 12 01:36:05 2003 +0300
@@ -396,7 +396,9 @@
 
   # 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.
+  # requires roots, so use something else if possible. Note that passwd
+  # authentication with BSDs internally accesses shadow files, which also
+  # requires roots.
   auth_user = root
 
   # Directory where to chroot the process. Most authentication backends don't