Author: W B Hacker Date: To: exim users Subject: Re: [exim] Dovecot authentication
Renaud Allard wrote:
> All passwords are already stored in a kerberos server _AND_ a plaintext
> file (could be SQL, but this wouldn't change anything as this would be a
> plaintext store anyway). However, I still need 2 password's DB to
> provide all authentication possibilities. My goal is to have only one
> encrypted DB to hold all of the authentication data. And this DB has to
> be a kerberos server in order to provide GSSAPI auth.
> The passwords should be the same for reading mail and for sending mails
> as most (all?) users won't use a different password for sending and for
> receiving, and I certainly don't configure 2 different realms for
> sending and receiving as it would be the same as using 2 DB.
>
Given that you believe those goals are paramount, all I can do
is wish you good luck and hope that you have the time and
mindset to enjoy the long process.