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authorPhil Pennock <pdp@exim.org>2012-03-02 01:51:01 -0800
committerPhil Pennock <pdp@exim.org>2012-03-02 01:51:01 -0800
commit4a6a987a85df3ff3706a930aa580b0d5d708c580 (patch)
tree52183540a3bb398e8470d71d5edf5f1d083f2af9 /doc
parentb98bb9ac90bfc9c812c4c660fe017284ee222686 (diff)
Add dbmjz lookup type
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt43
-rw-r--r--doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog2
-rw-r--r--doc/doc-txt/NewStuff4
3 files changed, 48 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index b45f0c51a..04eafc0dc 100644
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -6223,13 +6223,26 @@ using Berkeley DB versions 3 or 4, it opens existing databases for reading with
the DB_UNKNOWN option. This enables it to handle any of the types of database
that the library supports, and can be useful for accessing DBM files created by
other applications. (For earlier DB versions, DB_HASH is always used.)
+.new
+.next
+.cindex "lookup" "dbmjz"
+.cindex "lookup" "dbm &-- embedded NULs"
+.cindex "sasldb2"
+.cindex "dbmjz lookup type"
+&(dbmjz)&: This is the same as &(dbm)&, except that the lookup key is
+interpreted as an Exim list; the elements of the list are joined together with
+ASCII NUL characters to form the lookup key. An example usage would be to
+authenticate incoming SMTP calls using the passwords from Cyrus SASL's
+&_/etc/sasldb2_& file with the &(gsasl)& authenticator or Exim's own
+&(cram_md5)& authenticator.
+.wen
.next
.cindex "lookup" "dbmnz"
.cindex "lookup" "dbm &-- terminating zero"
.cindex "binary zero" "in lookup key"
.cindex "Courier"
.cindex "&_/etc/userdbshadow.dat_&"
-.cindex "dmbnz lookup type"
+.cindex "dbmnz lookup type"
&(dbmnz)&: This is the same as &(dbm)&, except that a terminating binary zero
is not included in the key that is passed to the DBM library. You may need this
if you want to look up data in files that are created by or shared with some
@@ -24179,6 +24192,20 @@ lookup_cram:
Note that this expansion explicitly forces failure if the lookup fails
because &$auth1$& contains an unknown user name.
+.new
+As another example, if you wish to re-use a Cyrus SASL sasldb2 file without
+using the relevant libraries, you need to know the realm to specify in the
+lookup and then ask for the &"userPassword"& attribute for that user in that
+realm, with:
+.code
+cyrusless_crammd5:
+ driver = cram_md5
+ public_name = CRAM-MD5
+ server_secret = ${lookup{$auth1:mail.example.org:userPassword}\
+ dbmjz{/etc/sasldb2}}
+ server_set_id = $auth1
+.endd
+.wen
.section "Using cram_md5 as a client" "SECID177"
.cindex "options" "&(cram_md5)& authenticator (client)"
@@ -24510,6 +24537,20 @@ An &'anonymous token'& is something passed along as an unauthenticated
identifier; this is analogous to FTP anonymous authentication passing an
email address, or software-identifier@, as the "password".
+
+An example showing the password having the realm specified in the callback
+and demonstrating a Cyrus SASL to GSASL migration approach is:
+.code
+gsasl_cyrusless_crammd5:
+ driver = gsasl
+ public_name = CRAM-MD5
+ server_realm = imap.example.org
+ server_password = ${lookup{$auth1:$auth3:userPassword}\
+ dbmjz{/etc/sasldb2}{$value}fail}
+ server_set_id = ${quote:$auth1}
+ server_condition = yes
+.endd
+
.wen
. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
index 39b6107b7..9aca72920 100644
--- a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ PP/08 cyrus_sasl server now expands the server_realm option.
PP/09 Bugzilla 1214 - Log authentication information in reject log.
Patch by Jeremy Harris.
+PP/10 Added dbmjz lookup type.
+
Exim version 4.77
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diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
index 057656c24..c25e51ba0 100644
--- a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ Version 4.78
4. New expansion variable $tls_bits.
+ 5. New lookup type, "dbmjz". Key is an Exim list, the elements of which will
+ be joined together with ASCII NUL characters to construct the key to pass
+ into the DBM library.
+
Version 4.77
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