cyradm authz

[Rob Siemborski]

On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Dave McMurtrie wrote:

> I probably have more questions if somebody can answer this one first.
>
> What's the purpose of the --authz argument to cyradm?
>
> There's no mention of it in the manpage, but usage tells me this:
>
>   --authz <user>        Authorize as <user>
>
> How is this actually used?

Its used exactly as it says.

Its for you to authenticate as one user and authorize as another, e.g.

cyradm --user rjs3.admin --authz bob

gets me connected as bob but authenticated as rjs3.admin (who is an admin
in imapd.conf).

-Rob

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