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From: Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Way OT - Question about Squirrelmail and authentication
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 23:39:22
Message-Id: 1133393459.10259.28.camel@camille.espersunited.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Way OT - Question about Squirrelmail and authentication by Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman
1 On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 20:23 -0300, Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman wrote:
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5 > Michael Sullivan wrote:
6 > > On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 19:56 -0300, Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman wrote:
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8 > >>Squirrelmail is an IMAP client. So, it takes the username and password and uses that to validate
9 > >>against the IMAP server.
10 >
11 > > I know it takes a username and password, but HOW does it compare that
12 > > username and password against the user database?
13 >
14 > I told you: Squirrelmail uses the IMAP protocol to connect to a configured IMAP server. Thus, the
15 > IMAP server compares against some user database. And I say "some" because the backend will depend on
16 > the IMAP server implementation...
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19 > Arturo "Buanzo" Busleiman - www.buanzo.com.ar
20 > Consultor en Seguridad Informatica / Dominio Digital TV - Da FOSS man!
21 > KTP Consultores - info AT ktpconsultores.com.ar
22 >
23 > Romper un sistema de seguridad los acerca tanto a ser hackers como el
24 > encender autos puenteando los convierte en ingenieros automotrices.
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26 What I mean is that I need the name of some function that I can look for
27 in the code that compares the username/password against the system set.
28 BTW, my IMAP server is dovecot-0.99.14
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Re: [gentoo-user] Way OT - Question about Squirrelmail and authentication Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman <buanzo@××××××××××.ar>