Authentication with flat files

[Ken Murchison]

Marten Lehmann wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I read through a lot of documentation, but I still didn't find out: How can I
> setup a Cyrus IMAPd that authenticates using plain passwd-style textfiles (but
> neither /etc/passwd itself nor PAM)? Authentication id and authorization can
> always be the same, we haven't enabled mailbox sharing to our users.

You'll probably have to write your own password verifier module for 
saslauthd

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Kenneth Murchison
Systems Programmer
Project Cyrus Developer/Maintainer
Carnegie Mellon University