Re: [Exim] SASL AUTH

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More or Less I would like to have sasl support. That way I can share a
mechanism across the software on my box.

On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 04:03:30PM -0600, Phil Brutsche wrote:
> Dan Weber wrote:
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> >Is it possible to use SASL for authentication on exim.
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> Through saslauthd.
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> >A) it allows me to do pam and B) Ldap which are what I need.
> >This keeps exim away from root.
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> SASL is not needed, nor is PAM. Exim can speak to LDAP servers
> directly, if compiled correctly.
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> Additionally, using PAM for authentication does not automatically mean
> that the service *needs* root access. The service needs enough access
> to be able to use the password database. If you use LDAP, any number of
> SQL servers, Samba's winbind, or pam_smb for passwords root access is an
> unnecessary complication.
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> Phil Brutsche
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