Bug in dovecot-postfix configuration documentation

Bug #785389 reported by wimpunk
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If you install dovecot-postfix, you don't have to change anything in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf to make authentication working. If you do the modifications to the client-section, dovecot even doesn't restart anymore.
I think that part should be removed from https://help.ubuntu.com/13.04/serverguide/postfix.html

Matthew East (mdke)
Changed in ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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John Kim (kotux) wrote :

Updated the link.

description: updated
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Timothy Legg (timlegg) wrote :

I was going to post a bug report, but I think this s already covered here.

Regarding the page

https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/serverguide/postfix.html

The dovecot configuration is not clear at all. It asks you to comment lines that no longer exist. You are likewise asked to add lines to sections that no longer exist. It looks like the config format for dovecot has changed radically since this document was written. I'd consider updating the document myself if I knew how to set up dovecot.

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Tony Primerano (u-launchpad-s) wrote :

Few other issues on the page

  # Postfix smtp-auth
  unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
    mode = 0660
    user = postfix
    group = postfix
  }

listener should be /var/spool/postfix/private/auth-client

and for smtps you also need to uncomment this line in master.cf (in addition to the smtps line mentioned)
submission inet n - - - - smtpd

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Tony Primerano (u-launchpad-s) wrote :
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Doug Smythies (dsmythies) wrote :

for this:

"listener should be /var/spool/postfix/private/auth-client"

see bug 1340772 which is / has taken care of it.

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

The current version of the docs (for focal) appear to already have all the changes discussed in this bug report.

Changed in serverguide:
status: New → Fix Released
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