sounds like what you want is Kerberos (and GSSAPI for IMAP
authentication)

Jeff

On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 16:53 +0200, nick galea wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am considering replacing Outlook on our network (approximately 100 
> clients) with evolution.
> 
> However, i have a number of questions regarding the central management 
> of Evolution IMAP and POP3 account data for each user in a network:
> 
> 1. The windows logon provides a single sign on for both windows and 
> outlook. Meaning that when a user changes his/her password in windows 
> this is automatic for outlook too. Is it possible to achieve a similar 
> thing using Evolution and active directory?
> 2. If this is not possible with active directory then would it be 
> possible using Novell Edirectory? I.e if i would move from active 
> directory to novell edirectory for signing on, is there somehow an 
> integration between Evolution and edirectory which would obsolete the 
> need for the user to regularly change his IMAP or POP3 passwords even if 
> he changes his windows or edirectory logon?
> 
> If both are not available, does anyone know whether Novell is working on 
> such an integration? Surely this would make sense for both Evolution and 
> Edirectory users and since both are owned by Novell....
> 
> And if not, does anyone know if this would be relatively easily 
> developed for Evolution? If there is demand from other users too i would 
> consider developing such an add-on module.
> 
> regards,
> 
> Nick Galea
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Jeffrey Stedfast
Evolution Hacker - Novell, Inc.
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