Re: [Dovecot] Removing specific entry in user/auth cache

Francisco Wagner C. Freire <wgrcunha@gmail.com> writes:

On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Timo Sirainen <tss@iki.fi> wrote:

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On 27.6.2012, at 14.10, Angel L. Mateo wrote:

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  We have dovecot configured with auth cache. Is there any way to

remove a specific entry (not all) from this cache?

Nope. What do you need it for?

I dont known about Angel, but for me is useful because sometimes i need to deactivate smtp/imap/pop access from accounts, or change their home after storage migration, and removing a specific record i can use a long time cache.

I'm not sure that the auth cache holds that information, but I think you can at least invalidate a particular auth cache entry by

1) Changing the user password (and save the previous hash)
2) Authenticate using the new credentials (and invalidate
	the auth cache entry).  For example, you can just
	do a manual connection on your dovecot server

		x login someuser newpassword

	This will replace the cache entry with a new one.

3) When you are ready to put the account back online, change the
	password back to the original.  A password mismatch forces
	a resync to your authentication system which will restore
	the auth cache.

Joseph Tam <jtam.home@gmail.com>