[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

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 writes: As far as I know, Courier-IMAP uses it's own

[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()