Differing IMAP/Roundcube identification capabilities

Thomas Spuhler thomas at btspuhler.com
Wed May 15 17:22:20 CEST 2013


On Wednesday, May 15, 2013 12:42:38 AM Henning H wrote:
> I forgot: You can test saslauthd by running "testsaslauthd" as root.
> 
Thanks for this hint. This is helpful.

> 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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Best regards
Thomas Spuhler
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