From cfd78782611bbcb1dbd151b914a8035d433f50e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dashamir Hoxha <dashohoxha@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2020 22:57:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Describe how to authenticate with LDAP

---
 ...nly-mailserver-with-ldap-authentication.md | 79 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 76 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/content/uses-cases/forward-only-mailserver-with-ldap-authentication.md b/docs/content/uses-cases/forward-only-mailserver-with-ldap-authentication.md
index fda4e84c..3ab795f1 100644
--- a/docs/content/uses-cases/forward-only-mailserver-with-ldap-authentication.md
+++ b/docs/content/uses-cases/forward-only-mailserver-with-ldap-authentication.md
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# Forward-Only mailserver with LDAP authentication
 
 ## Building a Forward-Only mailserver
 
@@ -6,7 +5,7 @@ A **forward-only** mailserver does not have any local mailboxes. Instead, it has
 
 The important settings for this setup (on `mailserver.env`) are these:
 
-```
+```console
 PERMIT_DOCKER=host
 ENABLE_POP3=
 ENABLE_CLAMAV=0
@@ -19,8 +18,82 @@ Since there are no local mailboxes, we use `SMTP_ONLY=1` to disable `dovecot`. W
 
 We can create aliases with `./setup.sh`, like this:
 
-```
+```bash
 ./setup.sh alias add <alias-address> <external-email-account>
 ```
 
 ## Authenticating with LDAP
+
+If you want to send emails from outside the mailserver you have to authenticate somehow (with a username and password). One way of doing it is described in [this discussion](https://github.com/tomav/docker-mailserver/issues/1247). However if there are many user accounts, it is better to use authentication with LDAP. The settings for this on `mailserver.env` are:
+
+```console
+ENABLE_LDAP=1
+LDAP_START_TLS=yes
+LDAP_SERVER_HOST=ldap.example.org
+LDAP_SEARCH_BASE=ou=users,dc=example,dc=org
+LDAP_BIND_DN=cn=mailserver,dc=example,dc=org
+LDAP_BIND_PW=pass1234
+
+ENABLE_SASLAUTHD=1
+SASLAUTHD_MECHANISMS=ldap
+SASLAUTHD_LDAP_SERVER=ldap.example.org
+SASLAUTHD_LDAP_SSL=0
+SASLAUTHD_LDAP_START_TLS=yes
+SASLAUTHD_LDAP_BIND_DN=cn=mailserver,dc=example,dc=org
+SASLAUTHD_LDAP_PASSWORD=pass1234
+SASLAUTHD_LDAP_SEARCH_BASE=ou=users,dc=example,dc=org
+SASLAUTHD_LDAP_FILTER=(&(uid=%U)(objectClass=inetOrgPerson))
+```
+
+My LDAP data structure is very basic, containing only the username, password, and the external email address where to forward emails for this user. An entry looks like this
+
+```console
+add uid=username,ou=users,dc=example,dc=org
+uid: username
+objectClass: inetOrgPerson
+sn: username
+cn: username
+userPassword: {SSHA}abcdefghi123456789
+email: real-email-address@external-domain.com
+```
+
+This structure is different from what is expected/assumed from the configuration scripts of the mailserver, so it doesn't work just by using the `LDAP_QUERY_FILTER_...` settings. Instead, I had to do [custom configuration](https://github.com/tomav/docker-mailserver#custom-user-changes--patches). I created the script `config/user-patches.sh`, with a content like this:
+
+```bash
+#!/bin/bash
+
+rm -f /etc/postfix/{ldap-groups.cf,ldap-domains.cf}
+
+postconf \
+    "virtual_mailbox_domains = /etc/postfix/vhost" \
+    "virtual_alias_maps = ldap:/etc/postfix/ldap-aliases.cf texthash:/etc/postfix/virtual" \
+    "smtpd_sender_login_maps = ldap:/etc/postfix/ldap-users.cf"
+
+sed -i /etc/postfix/ldap-users.cf \
+    -e '/query_filter/d' \
+    -e '/result_attribute/d' \
+    -e '/result_format/d'
+cat <<EOF >> /etc/postfix/ldap-users.cf
+query_filter = (uid=%u)
+result_attribute = uid
+result_format = %s@example.org
+EOF
+
+sed -i /etc/postfix/ldap-aliases.cf \
+    -e '/domain/d' \
+    -e '/query_filter/d' \
+    -e '/result_attribute/d'
+cat <<EOF >> /etc/postfix/ldap-aliases.cf
+domain = example.org
+query_filter = (uid=%u)
+result_attribute = mail
+EOF
+
+postfix reload
+```
+
+You see that besides `query_filter`, I had to customize as well `result_attribute` and `result_format`.
+
+For more details about using LDAP see: [LDAP managed mail server with Postfix and Dovecot for multiple domains](https://www.vennedey.net/resources/2-LDAP-managed-mail-server-with-Postfix-and-Dovecot-for-multiple-domains)
+
+Another solution that serves as a forward-only mailserver is this: https://gitlab.com/docker-scripts/postfix