Re: cyrus imap/sasl/ldap authentication question

Kevin Williams wrote:
> All,
> 
> Here's another thought.  I would like the simplicity of all cyrus imapd
> daemon authentication going through one file.  This can't happen using
> PAM (sieve, pop, imap, etc. files are used).
> 
> Since I have NSS configured to use LDAP via pam, I already have the
> /etc/ldap.conf file.  What if I were to start sasl using: 
> saslauthd -O /etc/ldap.conf -a ldap
> 
> That way I would only have one ldap configuration file to worry about. 
> Do you think this would be a security issue even though everything is
> authenticating locally (ldap is on the same server)?
> 
> I haven't tried this yet, just wondering if anyone sees something wrong
> with this idea.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kevin Williams
> 


Try it, and please don't top-post =P.

js

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