Re: [Dovecot] Checkpassword question

Words by Bob Wonder [Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 09:09:52AM +0700]:

Hi all,

I would like to write my own checkpassword script for dovecot. I have very little experience with C programming. My questions are:

1. Can I use php for this purpose?

Yes.

2. How dovecot call checkpassword program (passes <username> NUL <password> to checkpassword)?

As defined on the checkpassword interface here: http://cr.yp.to/checkpwd/interface.html

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