postfix default installation yields errors with encrypted user directories
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| encfs (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: postfix
As of Lucid, one can choose a user's directory to be encrypted.
I chose this, and now, postfix only works if ALL users are logged in at the same time.
With a user with an encypted home directory, it is a bad idea to use the ~/Maildir configuration.
Most of the time, this directory cannot be present.
Thus, if ANY user has an ecrypted home directory, postfix should NOT use ~/Maildir.
Also, if ANY new user is added with an ecrypted home directory, postfix should be re-configured NOT use ~/Maildir.
Please also warn against this in manuals, e.g. het postfix serverguide
https:/
I am now trying to find out how to get back to mbox style.
I have not yet found a manual for that ....
| jan (jan-ubuntu-h-i-s) wrote | #1 |
| jan (jan-ubuntu-h-i-s) wrote | #2 |
| jan (jan-ubuntu-h-i-s) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in postfix (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| affects: | postfix (Ubuntu) → ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu) |
| jan (jan-ubuntu-h-i-s) wrote | #4 |
| affects: | ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu) → encfs (Ubuntu) |
Please add the feature on how to remove Maildir from
https:/
this file states a default postfix behavior that is NOT consistent with lucid lynx default behavior.
I commented out the lines below
# home_mailbox = Maildir/
# mailbox_command = /usr/lib/
then, dovecot could not fin the files anymore
To my disgust,
sudo dkpg -reconfigure dovecot-postfix
appended the two lines I just commented out back to /etc/postfix/
I was able to get this running in Unbuntu 8.04. If I only could find out how to do it in lucid lynx ...