Subj : bincimap - can I authenticate against /etc/passwd ?
To   : alt.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux,alt.os.linux
From : markhobley
Date : Thu Dec 16 2004 12:05 am

I have installed bincimap on a debian machine. I want to login using normal 
unix usernames and passwords, as held in /etc/shadow. How do I configure the 
authenticator for this?

/etc/inetd.conf contains the following entries:

imap stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/bincimap-up \
 --conf=/etc/bincimap/bincimap.conf --logtype=syslog -- /usr/bin/checkpw \
/usr/sbin/bincimapd

imaps stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/bincimap-up \ 
--ssl --conf=/etc/bincimap/bincimap.conf --logtype=syslog -- /usr/bin/checkpw 
\ 
/usr/sbin/bincimapd

A telnet session reveals the following:

$telnet charon

charon login: dog
Password: woof

Debian GNU/Linux

dog@charon:~$ cd /etc/bincimap/
dog@charon:/etc/bincimap$ cat bincimap.conf
Authentication {
    allow plain auth in non ssl = "yes"
}

dog@charon:~$ telnet localhost 143
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
* OK Welcome to Binc IMAP Copyright (C) 2002-2004 Andreas Aardal Hanssen at 
2004-12-15 23:46:36 GMT
> login dog woof
> NO LOGIN failed: Login failed. Either your user name or your password was 
wrong. Please try again, and if the problem persists, please contact your 
system administrator.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me fix this.

Regards,

Mark.

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