ldapd not advertising AUTH=LOGIN

Jeff Warnica jeffw at chebucto.ns.ca
Fri Apr 11 23:02:35 EDT 2003


OK.. But wouldnt that mean that SASL is just another PAM?


On Fri, 2003-04-11 at 16:59, Ken Murchison wrote:
> > 
> > - with SASL a client is not so much as verifing identity with the IMAP
> > server as it is with SASL which used common grammer among all protocols
> > that use it
> 
> No.  SASL does not provide a common grammar among protocols.  Each
> protocol has its own SASL profile which specifies the grammar.  The
> server verifys/authenticates the user via SASL just like it does with
> the IMAP LOGIN command.
> 






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