Document the settings related to Dovecot

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Jérôme Lebleu
2021-02-08 16:47:41 +01:00
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ The *admin* application exposes several parameters, they are presented below:
|Authentication type |General |The backend used for |Local |
| | |authentication | |
+--------------------+---------------------+-------------------------------+--------------------+
|Default password |General |Scheme used to crypt |crypt |
|Default password |General |Scheme used to crypt |sha512crypt |
|scheme | |mailbox passwords | |
+--------------------+---------------------+-------------------------------+--------------------+
|Rounds |General |Number of rounds (only used by |70000 |
@@ -144,6 +144,13 @@ The *admin* application exposes several parameters, they are presented below:
| | | | |
+--------------------+---------------------+-------------------------------+--------------------+
.. warning::
If Dovecot is not running on the same host than Modoboa, you will have
to define which password schemes are supported. To do so, open the
:file:`settings.py` file and add a ``DOVECOT_SUPPORTED_SCHEMES``
variable with the output of the command: ``doveadm pw -l``.
.. note::
If you are not familiar with virtual domain hosting, you should
@@ -202,7 +209,11 @@ Host configuration
.. note::
This section is only relevant when Modoboa handles mailboxes
renaming and removal from the filesystem.
renaming and removal from the filesystem, which requires that
Dovecot is installed and running on this host. If it is installed
at a non-standard directory, paths to its binaries can be set in the
:file:`settings.py` file with the ``DOVECOT_LOOKUP_PATH`` and
``DOVEADM_LOOKUP_PATH`` variables.
To manipulate mailboxes on the filesystem, you must allow the user who
runs Modoboa to execute commands as the user who owns mailboxes.