[vchkpw] Re: Learn passwords with Courier IMAP

2003-10-13 Thread Paul L. Allen
Michael Bowe writes: > To auth a username/password, Courier-IMAP takes the supplied username > and runs vpopmail's vauth_getpw() to retrieve the user's passwd entry. > > Courier-IMAP then crypts the supplied password and compares this against > the (crypted) pw entry supplied by vauth_getpw()

Re: [vchkpw] Re: Learn passwords with Courier IMAP

2003-10-13 Thread Michael Bowe
- Original Message - From: "Paul L. Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michael Bowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 10:52 PM Subject: [vchkpw] Re: Learn passwords with Courier IMAP > > Michael Bowe w

[vchkpw] Re: Learn passwords with Courier IMAP

2003-10-13 Thread Paul L. Allen
Michael Bowe writes: > As far as I know, Courier-IMAP uses it's own functions to auth the > password, Yes and no. Courier-IMAP and the Courier POP3 server do have their own authentication routines which are effectively wrappers calling whatever authentication method you actually use. So if you