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| author | Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org> | 2019-12-23 20:07:34 +0000 |
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| committer | Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org> | 2019-12-23 22:38:25 +0000 |
| commit | c275c1f151f3cb893edcb725ee8728560b9408d9 (patch) | |
| tree | 775dc028ad42179200a6f2907f0e83aeea74da79 /doc/doc-docbook | |
| parent | 5031095fd4553935c70e1c24a9936dfc609cdc67 (diff) | |
Docs: more info for dovecot auth driver
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 25 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index 55ab7f25b..42a393558 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -27363,7 +27363,7 @@ but it is present in many binary distributions. .scindex IIDdcotauth1 "&(dovecot)& authenticator" .scindex IIDdcotauth2 "authenticators" "&(dovecot)&" This authenticator is an interface to the authentication facility of the -Dovecot POP/IMAP server, which can support a number of authentication methods. +Dovecot 2 POP/IMAP server, which can support a number of authentication methods. Note that Dovecot must be configured to use auth-client not auth-userdb. If you are using Dovecot to authenticate POP/IMAP clients, it might be helpful to use the same mechanisms for SMTP authentication. This is a server @@ -27394,6 +27394,29 @@ option is passed in the Dovecot authentication command. If, for a TLS connection, a client certificate has been verified, the &"valid-client-cert"& option is passed. When authentication succeeds, the identity of the user who authenticated is placed in &$auth1$&. + +.new +The Dovecot configuration to match the above wil look +something like: +.code +conf.d/10-master.conf :- + +service auth { +... +#SASL + unix_listener auth-client { + mode = 0660 + user = mail + } +... +} + +conf.d/10-auth.conf :- + +auth_mechanisms = plain login ntlm +.endd +.wen + .ecindex IIDdcotauth1 .ecindex IIDdcotauth2 |