From: Stuart Henderson <stu@spacehopper.org>
Subject: Re: dovecot: does not use login class
To: nathanael@dalliard.ch
Cc: ports@openbsd.org
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:21:27 +0000

On 2026/02/20 14:29, nathanael@dalliard.ch wrote:
> hello everyone
> 
> pkg/README-server:
> By default, the Dovecot processes run in the login(1) class of "dovecot".
> 
> pkg/PLIST-server:
> @newuser _dovecot:518:_dovecot::Dovecot Account:/nonexistent:/sbin/nologin
> @newuser _dovenull:666:_dovenull::Dovecot Login User:/nonexistent:/sbin/nologin
> 
> cheers
> nathanael

The readme is correct, see rc.d(8)