[Dovecot] Dovecot + SASL + allow_nets

Marc Cuypers m.cuypers at mgvd.be
Mon Dec 3 17:39:39 EET 2007


Timo Sirainen schreef:
> On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 14:36 +0100, Marc Cuypers wrote:
>> When using dovecot for authentication of an SASL (postfix) request, i 
>> cannot use the allow_nets parameter.  The IP-address of the requester is 
>> not known in dovecot.
>>
>> I would like to allow sasl for certain users, others are not allowed to 
>> access via SASL.
>> Some users can have access to imap and pop3 from certain IP-addresses.
>>
>> How could i combine this in then dovecot configuration?
> 
> Since Postfix doesn't send the IP to Dovecot, there isn't anything on
> Dovecot's side you can do. You could try asking about this in Postfix
> list.. Someone at least had a patch which allowed sending local IP to
> Dovecot (http://marc.info/?t=119306971600010&r=1&w=2). Maybe it sends
> remote IP as well.
> 
Would it be possible to use a different authentication method for 
pop/imap and sasl?

--
Marc


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