Edit File: AuthDatabase.Passwd.txt
Passwd ====== User is looked up using 'getpwnam()' call, which usually looks into '/etc/passwd' file, but depending on NSS [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_Service_Switch] configuration it may also look up the user from eg. LDAP database. Most commonly used as a user database. The lookup is by default done in the auth worker processes. If you have only a small local passwd file, you can avoid having extra auth worker processes by disabling it: ---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- userdb { driver = passwd args = blocking=no } ---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- Field overriding and extra fields (obsolete in v2.1+) ----------------------------------------------------- It's possible to override fields from passwd and add <extra fields> [UserDatabase.ExtraFields.txt] with templates, but in v2.1+ it's done in a better way by using override_fields. For example: ---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- userdb { driver = passwd # Pre-v2.1: #args = home=/var/mail/%u mail=maildir:/var/mail/%u/Maildir # v2.1+: override_fields = home=/var/mail/%u mail=maildir:/var/mail/%u/Maildir } ---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- This uses the UID and GID fields from passwd, but home directory is overridden. Also the default <mail_location> [MailLocation.txt] setting is overridden. Passwd as a password database ----------------------------- Many systems use shadow passwords nowadays so passwd doesn't usually work as a password database. BSDs are an exception to this, they still set the password field even with shadow passwords. With FreeBSD, passwd doesn't work as a password database because the password field is replaced by a '*'. But you can use <Passwd-file> [AuthDatabase.PasswdFile.txt]. (This file was created from the wiki on 2019-02-05 04:42)
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