Am 17.03.2013 14:08, schrieb Jerry:
the main benefit of dovecot SASL is that SMTP auth is using exactly the same users/passwords and auth-mechs as imap/pop3 - so i do not understand why you want create anything special
Because that is the way the system was originally configured. I had nothing to do with it.
time to fix it or not touch it at all
The system uses a simple format:
user@doman.com password
The SASL mechanism presently in use uses:
user@hostname.domain.com password
pff - sounds funny for the users whoever did set this up -> seek and punish this guy :-)
Worse, the passwords are not the same in both instances. If I try to implement one system I will have to deal with all of the present users and get them all on the same page. That is not something I really want to invest time in right now.
so do not touch it at all or do it right for one last time
If dovecot could be told to use a specific file then that would simplify things greatly. Besides, the SASL file does not need all of the information contained in the regular Dovecot user/passwd file. Otherwise, I might just give up on this entire endeavor.
how should it be told?
dovecot has it's passwords and usernames, they are still used for IMAP/POP3 if postfix is using dovecot-SASL dovecot will take over SASL auth at all and is using it's usernames and passwords