Date:  Fri, 7 Mar 2008 21:31:55 +0100
From:  "Florian Arzberger" <arzberger (at mark) maxxnet.de>
Subject:  [coba-e:12184] AW:  PWDB and Dovecot...  The db is just fine and to remove it is a step backwards...
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Zeffie <mailto:bluequartzlist (at mark) hotmail.com> schrieb am Freitag, 7. MçÓz 2008
16:55:

> I have heard a lot of talk about changing back to the old passwd
> system since the passwd db blows up.  I can't help but feel this is a
> step backwards to a system I'll slowly be back to rebuilding passwd
> and shadow files when they become corrupt.   
> 
> The problem with this is that nobody ever read the conf file and
> stopped dovecot from starting way to many auth sessions via the
> "Double the children processes" system it employs.  
> 
> The real solution is a slightly different conf and an updated version
> of dovecot that contains the following changes and or bug fixes... 
> 

all i can say to this is that the "convert to flat" approach worked fine for
me and i don't see any downsides.