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2005/12/5, Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>: |
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> Hi there, |
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> Does anyone have any experience of this, please? I have a number of |
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> users with roaming profiles on a Windows Domain Controller (SBS 2003). |
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> I don't want to use Exchange as a mailserver but instead an IMAP sever |
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> such as Courier (which I'm familiar with). |
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> Each user will have to change their password on the domain every couple |
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> of weeks and because I want to provide webmail access to their IMAP |
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> accounts it's desirable that their IMAP username & password be the same |
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> as their Windows one. I don't mind adding users by hand on the |
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> Linux-based IMAP server but I would prefer that passwords be changed |
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> automatically - I guess the best way to do this is for the IMAP server |
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> to authenticate against the domain controller everytime the user logs |
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> on to their email? |
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> Has anyone any experience of this, please? |
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You should either go the Kerneros way for single sign on (I think SBS 2003 |
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uses it), or use an IMAP server that is capable of handling user |
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authentication against LDAP (if using Active Directory). |
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HTH, best regards |
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Jose |
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