From: nathanael@dalliard.ch
Subject: Re: dovecot: does not use login class
To: Stuart Henderson <stu@spacehopper.org>
Cc: ports@openbsd.org
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 15:32:24 +0100

On Fri, Feb 20, 2026 at 02:21:27PM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> 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)

sorry about that. thank you for the clarification