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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-txt/NewStuff | 22 |
2 files changed, 37 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog index 261a42c51..d19dddad2 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.399 2006/09/26 13:51:57 ph10 Exp $ +$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.400 2006/10/02 13:38:17 ph10 Exp $ Change log file for Exim from version 4.21 ------------------------------------------- @@ -64,6 +64,21 @@ PH/11 Callouts were setting the name used for EHLO/HELO from $smtp_active_ there is no remote transport (possible with a router that sets up host addresses), $smtp_active_hostname is used. +PH/12 Installed Andrey Panin's patch to add a dovecot authenticator. Various + tweaks were necessary in order to get it to work: + (a) The code assumed that strncpy() returns a negative number on buffer + overflow, which isn't the case. Replaced with Exim's string_format() + function. + (b) There were several signed/unsigned issues. I just did the minimum + hacking in of casts. There is scope for a larger refactoring. + (c) The code used strcasecmp() which is not a standard C function. + Replaced with Exim's strcmpic() function. + (d) The code set only $1; it now sets $auth1 as well. + (e) A simple test gave the error "authentication client didn't specify + service in request". It would seem that Dovecot has changed its + interface. Fortunately there's a specification; I followed it and + changed what the client sends and it appears to be working now. + Exim version 4.63 ----------------- diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff index ae4043cc1..263df8776 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff +++ b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.111 2006/09/25 10:14:20 ph10 Exp $ +$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.112 2006/10/02 13:38:18 ph10 Exp $ New Features in Exim -------------------- @@ -50,6 +50,26 @@ Version 4.64 The modifier can be used in SMTP and non-SMTP ACLs. It applies to both permanent and temporary rejections. +3. There is a new authenticator called "dovecot". This is an interface to the + authentication facility of the Dovecot POP/IMAP server, which can support a + number of authentication methods. 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 authenticator only. The only option is + server_socket, which must specify the socket which is the interface to + Dovecot authentication. The public_name option must specify an + authentication mechanism that Dovecot is configured to support. You can have + several authenticators for different mechanisms. For example: + + dovecot_plain: + driver = PLAIN + server_name = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client + server_setid = $auth1 + + dovecot_ntlm: + driver = NTLM + server_name = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client + server_setid = $auth1 + Version 4.63 ------------ |