Differing IMAP/Roundcube identification capabilities

Henning H henne.gwath at gmx.de
Wed May 15 09:42:38 CEST 2013


I forgot: You can test saslauthd by running "testsaslauthd" as root.

Am 15.05.2013 09:40, schrieb Henning H:
> Hi,
>
> the authentication with imap/pop3/smtp (means: cyrus and postfix) is
> handled by saslauthd, which binds to you ldap-server and uses the
> credentials you gave to cyrus/postfix to identify whether you're allowed
> to log in or not. saslauthd (means: 389-ds) reports back a match of the
> password with your login-key (uid or email) or not to the service
> (cyrus/postfix).
>
> In it's configuration file (mine is located at /etc/saslauthd.conf)
> there is an ldap-filter which is used for this purpose. If you notice
> you can't use your secondary e-mail address it is most probably not
> mentioned in this filter.
>
> Just add something like "(|(...)(...)(alias=*))". But to be honest I'm
> pretty sure that this gets properly configured by kolab.
>
> You see: all this is pretty general. You can use either service for
> imap/postfix/ldap/http you want. Kolab is the thing that connect's the
> strings. Really mighty:)  Ok, I hope I described everything above
> correctly and it fits to your needs.
>
> have a nice time,
> Henning




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