Is there a way, using Dovecot and Postfix, to use SASL from a remote server? Since it appears the communication uses Unix sockets, does this mean it is restricted to local services only? I have a two-server configuration, where my firewall also runs the mail gateway/filter (Postfix + ASSP). My internal server has Postfix + Dovecot. Right now I have my internal server configured to use Dovecot SASL, but the external server is still using the Courier authdaemon against the LDAP database. -- Daniel
On 17.9.2007, at 19.25, Daniel L. Miller wrote:> Is there a way, using Dovecot and Postfix, to use SASL from a > remote server? Since it appears the communication uses Unix > sockets, does this mean it is restricted to local services only?Not directly, but there are programs that can do unix <-> tcp socket proxying. Maybe some day when dovecot-auth is separated into its own dovecot-sasl package that could be added. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PGP.sig Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 186 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20070917/700ebc9e/attachment-0002.bin>
On 2007-09-17 19:59:37 +0300, Timo Sirainen wrote:> On 17.9.2007, at 19.25, Daniel L. Miller wrote: > > >Is there a way, using Dovecot and Postfix, to use SASL from a > >remote server? Since it appears the communication uses Unix > >sockets, does this mean it is restricted to local services only? > > Not directly, but there are programs that can do unix <-> tcp socket > proxying. Maybe some day when dovecot-auth is separated into its own > dovecot-sasl package that could be added.how difficult would it be to add it now? given that dovecot is gaining more and more popularity, the feature might help to get more people to migrate to dovecot. darix -- openSUSE - SUSE Linux is my linux openSUSE is good for you www.opensuse.org
Timo Sirainen wrote:> On 17.9.2007, at 19.25, Daniel L. Miller wrote: > >> Is there a way, using Dovecot and Postfix, to use SASL from a remote >> server? Since it appears the communication uses Unix sockets, does >> this mean it is restricted to local services only? > > Not directly, but there are programs that can do unix <-> tcp socket > proxying. Maybe some day when dovecot-auth is separated into its own > dovecot-sasl package that could be added. >Do know any you'd recommend? -- Daniel