Re: [Exim] SMTP authentication

Top Page
Delete this message
Reply to this message
Author: Dan Egli
Date:  
To: drees, exim list
Subject: Re: [Exim] SMTP authentication
I used to do that then out of the blue, Pam started returning False to exim's
authentication queries. Thats why I moved to a MySQL Database. Easier to see
whats goin on behind the scenes. Besides, I don't necessarily want everyone on
the server to be able to relay :>
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Drees <drees@???>
To: Johannes M. Posel <jmp@???>; <exim-users@???>
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 1:00 PM
Subject: RE: [Exim] SMTP authentication


> > How would one authenticate against the shadow password database? That
> > is something I'm trying to get up&runnin for a while now, but it won't
> > work. I hoped that the Exim book could answer this, but no luck ;) Or,
> > if it is easier, what would I enter in the server_condition if I
> > wanted to check against a plain text file, I think it is done via
> > "lsearch" then, with such a format:
>
>
> this is what I use on RHL 7.2 w/ exim 3.33
>
>
> login:
>     driver = plaintext
>     public_name = LOGIN
>     server_prompts = "Username:: : Password::"
>     server_condition = "${if pam{$1:$2}{1}{0}}"
>     server_set_id = $1

>
> plain:
>     driver = plaintext
>     public_name = PLAIN
>     server_condition = "${if pam{$2:$3}{1}{0}}"
>     server_set_id = $2

>
>
>
> --
>
> ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users Exim

details at http://www.exim.org/ ##
>
>