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

Justin McAleer justin at neonova.net
Mon Sep 30 16:42:45 EEST 2013


On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
Excellent! That worked as promised. Thank you.


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