[Dovecot] proxy: can I use the password returned from passdb to log in to the back-end?

Timo Sirainen tss at iki.fi
Fri Sep 27 18:28:43 EEST 2013


On 27.9.2013, at 16.57, Justin McAleer <justin at neonova.net> wrote:

> I am hoping to support encrypted passwords, which I know is generally not
> allowed in a proxy setup. However, I can return the password in clear-text
> out of the password database, so I was hoping for something similar to the
> destuser field.

The "pass" extra field is used by proxy to connect to the remote server. So if you can manage to return the plaintext password in that field, it'll work.



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