[Dovecot] Only method=PLAIN

[Tim Smith]

Interesting - just so I have this clear in my own head. The password 
scheme is the way the password is encrypted but the authentication 
mechanism is whether the password is sent encrypted as well?

On 17/05/12 22:00, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> On 16.5.2012, at 19.36, Manuel Fernández Panzuela wrote:
>
>> Hello
>>
>> I need to authenticate dovecot against openldap. OpenLdap's authentication
>> method requires SHA.
>> How must I set dovecot ?
> ..
>>         #mechanisms = plain SHA
> ..
>> If I uncomment #mechanisms = plain SHA  Dovecot doesn't start, the error:
>> dovecot: auth(default): Unknown authentication mechanism 'SHA'
> You're confusing the difference between authentication mechanism and password scheme. http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Authentication
>
> You want to use SHA1 as password scheme but still PLAIN mechanism.


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