[Dovecot] auth with passwd file , doublepoint in paasword

Robert Schetterer rs at sys4.de
Thu May 23 14:08:30 EEST 2013


Am 23.05.2013 01:47, schrieb Ben Morrow:
> At 10PM +0200 on 22/05/13 you (Robert Schetterer) wrote:
>> Hi, does anyone know
>> if a doublepoint : is in the password how it gets escaped
>>
>> when using
>>
>> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/PasswdFile
> 
> I don't think it can be; that is, I don't think any of the fields can
> contain a colon if you're using passwd-file.
> 
> Surely a password would usually be crypted, and so cannot contain a
> colon?
> 
> Ben
> 

thats only for one time migration in a script, no big deal, i can change
 it manually, but a solution may welcome anyway


Best Regards
MfG Robert Schetterer

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