ldap: allow local accounts and aliases with ldap enabled

In conflicts between local addresses and LDAP addresses the local one
will always take priority in mail routing.

This is something we now document and guarantee through tests.
This commit is contained in:
Martin Weinelt
2026-03-21 22:36:09 +01:00
parent 86d256870b
commit 23364b04e8
5 changed files with 107 additions and 21 deletions
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@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ SNM branch corresponding to your NixOS version.
* [ ] [Mobileconfig](https://support.apple.com/guide/profile-manager/distribute-profiles-manually-pmdbd71ebc9/mac)
* Improve the Forwarding Experience
* [ ] Support [ARC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authenticated_Received_Chain) signing with [Rspamd](https://rspamd.com/doc/modules/arc.html)
* User management
* [ ] Allow local and LDAP user to coexist
* OpenID Connect
* Depends on relevant clients adding support, e.g. [Thunderbird](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1602166)
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@@ -40,15 +40,25 @@ follow best practices to simplify maintenance.
Limitations
~~~~~~~~~~~
We have various assertions in place, that prevent using LDAP together with
other features. Most of them are not technical limitations per se, but instead
lack configuration or validation.
Design choices
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Local users (:option:`mailserver.loginAccounts`) and aliases
(:option:`mailserver.extraVirtualAliases`) are not currently allowed with
:option:`mailserver.ldap.enable` enabled
- Aliases based on LDAP attributes are currently not implemented
- Quotas based on LDAP attributes are currently not implemented
These are intentional choices in how the mail server operates that affect the
LDAP integration.
- For mail address routing local accounts always take priority over LDAP accounts.
Planned
^^^^^^^
These are features we are interested in but require implementation,
documentation and tests.
- Aliases based on LDAP attributes
- Quotas based on LDAP attributes
Avoided
^^^^^^^
The following features will likely never be implemented, since they would
complicate the setup significantly.
@@ -58,7 +68,9 @@ complicate the setup significantly.
- Use of ``homeDirectory``, ``uid``, ``gid`` LDAP attributes (we are
committed to a virtual setup with one vmail user/uid/gid and UUID based home
directories)
- Declarative aliases through :option:`mailserver.extraVirtualAliases`. These
are limited to local accounts, because Postfix enforces sender ownership based
on login identity and does not consult virtual aliases for authorization.
Enabling LDAP support
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ NixOS 26.05
rather than their email address, which is more convenient and consistent
with typical LDAP practices. The exact attribute can be customized through
:option:`mailserver.ldap.attributes.username`.
- Local and LDAP accounts can now co-exist. For overlapping names and addresses
the local account will always win.
- The following integrations are deprecated and will be removed before the next
release:
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@@ -98,16 +98,6 @@ in
) config.mailserver.dkim.domains
)
)
++ lib.optionals config.mailserver.ldap.enable [
{
assertion = config.mailserver.loginAccounts == { };
message = "When the LDAP support is enable (mailserver.ldap.enable = true), it is not possible to define mailserver.loginAccounts";
}
{
assertion = config.mailserver.extraVirtualAliases == { };
message = "When the LDAP support is enable (mailserver.ldap.enable = true), it is not possible to define mailserver.extraVirtualAliases";
}
]
++
lib.optionals (config.mailserver.ldap.enable && config.mailserver.mailDirectory != "/var/vmail")
[
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@@ -1,7 +1,25 @@
{
pkgs,
...
}:
let
hashPassword =
password:
pkgs.runCommand "password-${password}-hashed"
{
buildInputs = [ pkgs.mkpasswd ];
inherit password;
}
''
mkpasswd -s <<<"$password" > $out
'';
bindPassword = "unsafegibberish";
alicePassword = "testalice";
bobPassword = "testbob";
carolPassword = "testcarol";
frankPassword = "testfrank";
malloryPassword = "testmallory";
in
{
name = "ldap";
@@ -83,6 +101,22 @@ in
mail: bob@example.com
homeDirectory: /home/bob
userPassword: ${bobPassword}
dn: cn=carol,ou=users,dc=example
entryUUID: 41240499-27e2-4fa2-be4f-4113a77661b1
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
uid: carol
sn: Baz
mail: carol@example.com
userPassword: ${carolPassword}
dn: cn=frank,ou=users,dc=example
entryUUID: ca16f594-f6b2-418f-87d3-0d02d746461f
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
uid: frank
sn: Moo
mail: frank@example.com
userPassword: ${frankPassword}
'';
};
@@ -93,6 +127,24 @@ in
localDnsResolver = false;
indexDir = "/var/lib/dovecot/indices";
extraVirtualAliases = {
# Steal frank@example.com from LDAP user frank
"frank@example.com" = "mallory@example.com";
};
loginAccounts = {
# Colliding local account takes precedence over LDAP account with
# same address.
"carol@example.com" = {
hashedPasswordFile = hashPassword carolPassword;
};
# Another account used as a virtual alias target to steal
# frank@example.com from the LDAP user frank
"mallory@example.com" = {
hashedPasswordFile = hashPassword malloryPassword;
};
};
ldap = {
enable = true;
uris = [
@@ -237,5 +289,37 @@ in
]))
machine.succeed("journalctl -u postfix | grep -q 'Sender address rejected: not owned by user bob'")
with subtest("Local addresses take priority over those learnt from LDAP"):
# carol@example.com is routed to the local user account
machine.succeed(" ".join([
"mail-check send-and-read",
"--smtp-port 465",
"--smtp-ssl",
"--smtp-host localhost",
"--smtp-username alice", # LDAP user
"--imap-host localhost",
"--imap-username carol@example.com", # Local user
"--from-addr alice@example.com",
"--to-addr carol@example.com",
"--src-password-file <(echo '${alicePassword}')",
"--dst-password-file <(echo '${carolPassword}')",
"--ignore-dkim-spf"
]))
# frank@example.com gets routed to mallory@example.com due to a virtual alias
machine.succeed(" ".join([
"mail-check send-and-read",
"--smtp-port 465",
"--smtp-ssl",
"--smtp-host localhost",
"--smtp-username alice", # LDAP user
"--imap-host localhost",
"--imap-username mallory@example.com", # Local user
"--from-addr alice@example.com",
"--to-addr frank@example.com",
"--src-password-file <(echo '${alicePassword}')",
"--dst-password-file <(echo '${malloryPassword}')",
"--ignore-dkim-spf"
]))
'';
}