> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:cyrus-devel- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Torsten Schlabach > Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 5:55 PM > To: cyrus-devel@lists.andrew.cmu.edu > Subject: [Fwd: Re: Cyrus IMAPd, auxprop and canon_user plugins?] > > > What do you want to achieve, what problem do you want to solve? > > As I wrote: > > > Our users want to login using their email address as a login name, not > > their xy12345 name. > > Isn't that a very common problem?
You will need to write a custom cyrus imapd authorization module or a sasl canon plugin. -Igor > > Regards, > Torsten > > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Betreff: Re: Cyrus IMAPd, auxprop and canon_user plugins? > Datum: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:56:06 +0200 > Von: Dilyan Palauzov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: Torsten Schlabach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Referenzen: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hello Torsten, > What do you want to achieve, what problem do you want to solve? How > want the users want to login, why do you walk about xy12345, when you > don't have questions about it? > Greetings, > ????? > > Torsten Schlabach wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I am not really sure how to ask the question the right way, but let me > > start somewhere: > > > > I understand that an auxprop plugin retrieves a number of attributes > > from a backend. One of that attributed typically is a userPassword > > string IIUC. > > > > What other attributes does Cyrus IMAPd ask off an auxprop plugin it > uses? > > > > Is there anything like a "mailbox name" or "authzId" attribute for > > example which is beeing retrieved through the auxprop plugin? > > > > We run a setup that does not have virtual domains, but we use mailbox > > names such as xy12345 and we map e-mail addresses to mailboxes. > > > > No users want to login using their email address as a login name, not > > their xy12345 name. > > > > I think there might be two ways of achieving that: > > > > a) By putting a "mailbox name" attribute in the backend database, if > > IMAPd would care or > > b) By writing something to the authzid attribute in the auxprop plugin. > > > > In case of doing the latter, would the auxprop plugin eliminate the need > > for a canon_user plugin? > > > > Do I suffer from any misconception here? > > > > Regards, > > Torsten > >
