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From: Norman Zhang (no email)
Date: Sat Feb 05 2005 - 06:35:23 EST
>> I'm trying to setup users using cyradm, I tried
>>
>> # su cyrus
>> # cyradm localhost
>>
>> I get prompted for IMAP password, I type in the cyrus password, but
>> system says it is invalid. May I ask where should I set the password
>> for cyrus? I already changed the default by
>>
>> # passwd cyrus
>
> This largely depends on the authentication method used. If not
> specified, cyradm will try to negotiate the best method available. You
> can specify the auth method with "--auth=<mech>" Now, here is a quick
> auth-map:
>
> MECH
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> PLAIN (depends on "pwcheck_method:" in imapd.conf, can
> be "auxprop", "saslauthd" or "pwcheckd")
> CRAM-MD5 uses SASL-DB2
> DIGEST-MD5 uses SASL-DB2
> KERBEROS_IV Kerberos 4 framework
> GSSAPI Kerberos 5 framework
> OTP One-Time Passwords, stored in SASL-DB2
> NTLM Either Windows NT Domain or SASL-DB (fallback)
> SRP ??
> LOGIN SASL-DB2
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> "auxprop" is a DB, either a local SASL-DB2 or SQL (MySQL
> and PgSQL)
> "pwcheckd" is an osoleted daemod to check user/pass against
> system accounts
> "saslauthd" can check against a variety of sources, local
> accounts, PAM, LDAP, SASL-DB2, Kerberos,...
Thanks Nick for your chart. My system default is
# more /etc/sysconfig/saslauthd
SASL_AUTHMECH=pam
SASL_MECH_OPTIONS=
SASLAUTHD_OPTS=
I wish to use CRAM-MD5 with the ability to change to LDAP in the future.
Should I change SASL_AUTHMECH=sasl-db2?
Regards,
Norman Zhang
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