[Dovecot] Using ldap and pam

[Steffen Kaiser]

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On Tue, 6 Aug 2013, Bo Lynch wrote:

>>>  passdb pam {
>>>  }
>>>  passdb ldap {
>>>    args = /etc/dovecot-ldap.pass
>>>  }

> Is it possible to have 2 auth methods? Meaning if user and passwd does not
> match in pam then go with ldap?

as far as I know, if PAM returns "no such user", the next passdb is tried. 
If PAM returns "password mismatch", it chains to next passdb.

BTW: Dovecot also caches passwords, maybe you are hit by it?

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Steffen Kaiser
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