RE: [cobalt-users] Openwebmail + raq550 +authorization

["Kevin Slaton" <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 19:09:44 +0100, H.P. Noordam wrote
> > 
> > Hello list,
> > 
> > We installed the pkg for openwebmail v1.81, but we are not 
> > able to authorize
> > users to logon with their user accounts. Openwebmail is 
> > searching for the
> > accounts to be in /etc/passwd, but in that file no user accounts are
> > kept,only system accounts. Does anyone know how the authorization on a
> > cobalt raq550 works with openwebmail. The passwords are kept in
> > /var/db/passwd.db.
> > 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> NOT an answer to your specific question, but a solution anyway;
> 
> there is a specific openwebmail package for the raq 550 on
> www.pkgmaster.com , which will work "out of the box" 
> (this page: http://pkgmaster.com/packages/raq/550/ )
> 
> Bob.
> 
> _____________________________________

Yes this is the easiest solution. 

For future reference check out openwebmail.conf.help it's packed with very 
useful information.


%%%%%%%Snip-it from the openwebmail.conf.help file%%%%%%%%%%%%

auth_module
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
the authentication module used in openwebmail

auth_module             authentication by
--------------          ---------------------------------------
auth_unix.pl            unix passwd
auth_pam.pl             pam             (pluggable authentication module)
auth_ldap.pl            ldap server
auth_pop3.pl            remote pop3 server
auth_mysql.pl           mysql server    (DBI interface)
auth_mysql_vmail.pl     mysql server    (optimized for vmail)
auth_pgsql.pl           postgres server (DBI interface)
auth_pg.pl              postgres server (pgsql interface)
auth_cobalt.pl          unix passwd     (optimized for Sun Cobalt servers)

%%%%%%%Snipit from the openwebmail.conf.help file%%%%%%%%%%%%

you can find these pl files in the cgi-bin/openwebmail directory.

Kevin

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