Group storage and vmail user options at mailserver.storage

Create a nicer option structure that deals with the mail storage and its
owner, uid, group and gid. Also includes the directory layout as a
property of how mails are stored..
This commit is contained in:
Martin Weinelt
2026-03-20 01:49:25 +01:00
parent 6826d11c58
commit e13736db67
11 changed files with 139 additions and 110 deletions
+13 -15
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@@ -98,22 +98,20 @@ in
) config.mailserver.dkim.domains
)
)
++
lib.optionals (config.mailserver.ldap.enable && config.mailserver.mailDirectory != "/var/vmail")
[
{
assertion = config.mailserver.stateVersion != null -> config.mailserver.stateVersion >= 2;
message = ''
Issue: The dovecot homedir for LDAP users was previously not respecting `mailserver.mailDirectory`.
Remediation:
- Stop the `dovecot.service`
- Move `/var/vmail/ldap` below your `mailserver.mailDirectory`
- Increase the `stateVersion` to 2.
++ lib.optionals (config.mailserver.ldap.enable && config.mailserver.storage.path != "/var/vmail") [
{
assertion = config.mailserver.stateVersion != null -> config.mailserver.stateVersion >= 2;
message = ''
Issue: The dovecot homedir for LDAP users was previously not respecting `mailserver.storage.path`.
Remediation:
- Stop the `dovecot.service`
- Move `/var/vmail/ldap` below your `mailserver.storage.path`
- Increase the `stateVersion` to 2.
Check https://nixos-mailserver.readthedocs.io/en/latest/migrations.html#dovecot-ldap-home-directory-migration for more information.
'';
}
]
Check https://nixos-mailserver.readthedocs.io/en/latest/migrations.html#dovecot-ldap-home-directory-migration for more information.
'';
}
]
++ [
{
assertion = config.mailserver.stateVersion != null -> config.mailserver.stateVersion >= 3;
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@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ let
}) attrs
);
maildirLayoutAppendix = lib.optionalString cfg.useFsLayout ":LAYOUT=fs";
maildirLayoutAppendix = lib.optionalString (cfg.storage.directoryLayout == "fs") ":LAYOUT=fs";
maildirUTF8FolderNames = lib.optionalString cfg.useUTF8FolderNames ":UTF-8";
# https://doc.dovecot.org/2.3/configuration_manual/home_directories_for_virtual_users/#ways-to-set-up-home-directory
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ let
scope = ${mkLdapSearchScope cfg.ldap.scope}
user_attrs = \
${ldapUuidAttribute}=${ldapUuidAttribute}, \
=home=${cfg.mailDirectory}/ldap/%{ldap:${ldapUuidAttribute}}, \
=home=${cfg.storage.path}/ldap/%{ldap:${ldapUuidAttribute}}, \
=mail=maildir:~/mail${maildirLayoutAppendix}${maildirUTF8FolderNames}${
lib.optionalString (cfg.indexDir != null) ":INDEX=${cfg.indexDir}/ldap/%{ldap:${ldapUuidAttribute}}"
}
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ in
enablePop3 = cfg.enablePop3 || cfg.enablePop3Ssl;
enablePAM = false;
enableQuota = true;
mailGroup = cfg.vmailGroupName;
mailUser = cfg.vmailUserName;
mailGroup = cfg.storage.group;
mailUser = cfg.storage.owner;
mailLocation = dovecotMaildir;
sslServerCert = x509CertificateFile;
sslServerKey = x509PrivateKeyFile;
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ in
mail_max_userip_connections = ${toString cfg.maxConnectionsPerUser}
}
mail_access_groups = ${cfg.vmailGroupName}
mail_access_groups = ${cfg.storage.group}
# https://ssl-config.mozilla.org/#server=dovecot&version=2.3.21&config=intermediate&openssl=3.4.1&guideline=5.7
ssl = required
@@ -431,9 +431,9 @@ in
driver = passwd-file
args = ${userdbFile}
default_fields = \
home=${cfg.mailDirectory}/%{domain}/%{username} \
uid=${builtins.toString cfg.vmailUID} \
gid=${builtins.toString cfg.vmailUID}
home=${cfg.storage.path}/%{domain}/%{username} \
uid=${builtins.toString cfg.storage.uid} \
gid=${builtins.toString cfg.storage.uid}
}
${lib.optionalString cfg.ldap.enable ''
@@ -446,8 +446,8 @@ in
driver = ldap
args = ${ldapConfFile}
override_fields = \
uid=${toString cfg.vmailUID} \
gid=${toString cfg.vmailUID}
uid=${toString cfg.storage.uid} \
gid=${toString cfg.storage.uid}
}
''}
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@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ in
retain hourly ${toString cfg.backup.retain.hourly}
retain daily ${toString cfg.backup.retain.daily}
retain weekly ${toString cfg.backup.retain.weekly}
backup ${cfg.mailDirectory}/ localhost/
backup ${cfg.storage.path}/ localhost/
'';
};
};
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@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ in
preStart =
let
directories = lib.strings.escapeShellArgs (
[ cfg.mailDirectory ] ++ lib.optional (cfg.indexDir != null) cfg.indexDir
[ cfg.storage.path ] ++ lib.optional (cfg.indexDir != null) cfg.indexDir
);
in
''
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ in
# Prevent world-readable paths, even temporarily.
umask 007
mkdir -p ${directories}
chgrp "${cfg.vmailGroupName}" ${directories}
chgrp "${cfg.storage.group}" ${directories}
chmod 02770 ${directories}
'';
};
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@@ -34,15 +34,6 @@ with (import ./common.nix {
let
cfg = config.mailserver;
vmail_user = {
name = cfg.vmailUserName;
isSystemUser = true;
uid = cfg.vmailUID;
home = cfg.mailDirectory;
createHome = true;
group = cfg.vmailGroupName;
};
virtualMailUsersActivationScript =
pkgs.writeScript "activate-virtual-mail-users"
# bash
@@ -57,7 +48,7 @@ let
# Create directory to store user sieve scripts if it doesn't exist
if (! test -d "${cfg.sieveDirectory}"); then
mkdir "${cfg.sieveDirectory}"
chown "${cfg.vmailUserName}:${cfg.vmailGroupName}" "${cfg.sieveDirectory}"
chown "${cfg.storage.owner}:${cfg.storage.group}" "${cfg.sieveDirectory}"
chmod 770 "${cfg.sieveDirectory}"
fi
@@ -69,13 +60,13 @@ let
''
if (! test -d "${cfg.sieveDirectory}/${name}"); then
mkdir -p "${cfg.sieveDirectory}/${name}"
chown "${cfg.vmailUserName}:${cfg.vmailGroupName}" "${cfg.sieveDirectory}/${name}"
chown "${cfg.storage.owner}:${cfg.storage.group}" "${cfg.sieveDirectory}/${name}"
chmod 770 "${cfg.sieveDirectory}/${name}"
fi
cat << 'EOF' > "${cfg.sieveDirectory}/${name}/default.sieve"
${sieveScript}
EOF
chown "${cfg.vmailUserName}:${cfg.vmailGroupName}" "${cfg.sieveDirectory}/${name}/default.sieve"
chown "${cfg.storage.owner}:${cfg.storage.group}" "${cfg.sieveDirectory}/${name}/default.sieve"
''
else
''
@@ -113,16 +104,18 @@ in
)
);
# set the vmail gid to a specific value
users.groups = {
"${cfg.vmailGroupName}" = {
gid = cfg.vmailUID;
};
users.groups.${cfg.storage.group} = {
inherit (cfg.storage) gid;
};
# define all users
users.users = {
"${vmail_user.name}" = lib.mkForce vmail_user;
users.users.${cfg.storage.owner} = lib.mkForce {
inherit (cfg.storage)
group
uid
;
name = cfg.storage.owner;
isSystemUser = true;
home = cfg.storage.path;
createHome = true;
};
systemd.services.activate-virtual-mail-users = {