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 > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > -- Jeffrey Stedfast Evolution Hacker - Novell, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.novell.com
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