Re: UW imap server - unable to login

From: Ian Diddams (didds2_at_excite.com)
Date: 03/25/04 

Date: 25 Mar 2004 07:50:42 -0800

Rene Stepanek <rene.remove-this-to-mail-me.stepanek@rcs-technology.at>
wrote in

> That should be sufficient. No need to modify pam cfg files.
> BUT: UW imapd default compiles for ssl/tls-logins ONLY.
> No cleartext imap login allowed. To enable it you have to compile
> with:
>
> make gso SSLTYPE=unix

many thanks Rene.

Just to clarify matters, "make gso" won't work with solaris passwords
(ie /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow) because you are left sending
cleartext passwords which this "out of the box" build doesn't handle.

If that is the case, I see that there is a cleartext solution (as you
indicate). How else would one send a password then? Presumably it
would require siome encryption at the client end prior to being sent
to imap to then unencrypt?

cheers

ian

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