[Dovecot] Multiple "mail" field in one LDAP account

Proskurin Kirill k.proskurin at fxclub.org
Fri Oct 17 09:08:18 EEST 2008


Yes I understand - it must be a stupid question but could some one 
explain it to me? Im aware of problems what lack of understanding may give.

Proskurin Kirill wrote:
> Timo Sirainen wrote:
>> On Oct 16, 2008, at 12:09 PM, Proskurin Kirill wrote:
>>
>>> pass_attrs = mail=user,userPassword=password
>>
>> You could remove the mail=user here and instead set 
>> auth_username_format=%Lu to make sure the username is lowercased.
> 
> Thanks Timo - seems this work!
> But now im don`t really understand how he lookup user name in LDAP now.
> 
> Thunderbird send credentials:
> login: sysadmin at domain.off
> pass: 123
> 
> Dovecot makes LDAP lookup and search user with such pass in userPassword 
> and such login in were?
> 
> Info: auth(default): ldap(sysadmin at domain.off,172.16.1.80): pass search: 
> base=dc=CAS scope=subtree 
> filter=(&(objectClass=mailUser)(mail=sysadmin at domain.off)) 
> fields=userPassword
> 
> Info: auth(default): ldap(sysadmin at domain.off,172.16.1.80): result: 
> userPassword(password)=<hidden>
> 
> Info: auth(default): client out: OK    1       user=sysadmin at domain.off
> 


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Best regards,
Proskurin Kirill


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