Cyrus imap, virtual domains and ldap authentication

Simon Matter simon.matter at ch.sauter-bc.com
Mon May 10 01:22:25 EDT 2004


>
> cyrus-imapd-utils-2.2.3
> cyrus-imapd-2.2.3
> cyrus-sasl-2.1.15
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a cyrus imap server with virtual domains authenticating against
> sasldb2 thats been running sucessfully for several weeks now (Thanks to
> Simon Matters rpms) and I'd like to convert to authenticating against my
> LDAP server. I've "Googled until my fingers bled" (quote stolen from a
> google search) and I'm totaly confused about how to go about it.
>
> So I'm looking for some tips/pointers about how to go about it.
>
> I've seen references to useing either of "sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd"
> or
> "sasl_pwcheck_method: ldap" in imapd.conf. Which should I use and then
> what
> else do I need?

I have never used virtual domains so I don't know about that. I'm using
both methods in different configurations and they both work well. However,
I think for virtual domains, you have to use 'sasl_pwcheck_method: ldap'
because pam doesn't handle what you want.

Simon

>
> Regards John
>
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