[Dovecot] New userdb backend for checkpassword like programs

[Timo Sirainen]

On Oct 21, 2008, at 5:27 PM, Sascha Wilde wrote:

> Sascha Wilde <wilde at intevation.de> writes:
>
>> Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi> writes:
>> [...]
>>> All of this forces that the checkpassword script developer either
>>> handles the AUTHORIZED environment correctly or it doesn't work at
>>> all. And it prevents admin from accidentally using the script wrong.
>>
>> Ok, you convinced me that your concept has the advantage of forcing  
>> the
>> checkpassword script author to try to implement all aspects of the
>> spec.
>>
>> I'll implement it this way, as it isn't hard to do anyway.
>
> Ok.  8ebf5a64e6eb includes the discussed changes.

The code is now in dovecot-1.2 tree. I did some minor changes, mostly  
related to getting coding style consistent with the rest of Dovecot.  
It probably would have been possible to have the passdb and userdb  
share more code, but it's good enough now. :)

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