Cyrus IMAP authentication supports PAM and MySQL and cyrus imap implements tree-layer authentication. Cyrus authenticates with Cyrus SASL (saslauthdaemon) which forwards the request to pam_mysql which finally looks up the user information in the MySQL-table, or if your prefer using the old unix-password you need configure pam unix authentication on your /etc/pam.d/imap-pop-or-sieve, Here is a sample of pam imap configuration for your reference.
sample /etc/pam.d/pam auth sufficient pam_mysql.so user=youruser passwd=password host=yourhost db=yourdatabase table=accountuser usercolumn=username passwdcolumn=p assword crypt=1 logtable=log logmsgcolumn=msg logusercolumn=user auth sufficient pam_unix_auth.so ## eor cheers eric > Sirs, > > question on postfix and cyrus-imap/pop.. > > how can i centralize the users on my system.. > postfix has its own aliasdb and cyrus (currently authenticating on > saslauthd).. > > can the imapd auth on the same aliasdb of postfix? > > or what's the best way to do it... > > thanks > > -- > Elmer Rivera > eNum: +878107472468579 > Linux Registered User #379418 > Vizcayano.com <http://Vizcayano.com> > Stop Software Patents: http://noepatents.eu.org/ > > "In a world without fences or walls, there's no need for Gates or Windows." > ---------------------------------------------------------------- RoadRunner Network, Inc. www.roadrunner.com.ph This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ----- End forwarded message ----- ---------------------------------------------------------------- RoadRunner Network, Inc. www.roadrunner.com.ph This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
