IMAP password

[Nikola Milutinovic]

Norman Zhang wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I'm trying to setup users using cyradm, I tried
>
># su cyrus
># cyradm localhost
>
>I get prompted for IMAP password, I type in the cyrus password, but
>system says it is invalid. May I ask where should I set the password
>for cyrus? I already changed the default by
>
># passwd cyrus
>  
>

This largely depends on the authentication method used. If not 
specified, cyradm will try to negotiate the best method available. You 
can specify the auth method with "--auth=<mech>" Now, here is a quick 
auth-map:

MECH
---------------------------------------------------------------
PLAIN                  (depends on "pwcheck_method:" in imapd.conf, can 
be "auxprop", "saslauthd" or "pwcheckd")
CRAM-MD5         uses SASL-DB2
DIGEST-MD5       uses SASL-DB2
KERBEROS_IV    Kerberos 4 framework
GSSAPI                 Kerberos 5 framework
OTP                       One-Time Passwords, stored in SASL-DB2
NTLM                    Either Windows NT Domain or SASL-DB (fallback)
SRP                        ??
LOGIN                   SASL-DB2
----------------------------------------------------------------
"auxprop"                is a DB, either a local SASL-DB2 or SQL (MySQL 
and PgSQL)
"pwcheckd"             is an osoleted daemod to check user/pass against 
system accounts
"saslauthd"               can check against a variety of sources, local 
accounts, PAM, LDAP, SASL-DB2, Kerberos,...

Nix.
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