hi, i'm running dovecot branch_10 cvs on OSX 10.4.7 w/ exim 4.63. i'd like to use Dovecot's SASL as an auth backend to exim, instead of Cyrus-SASL. @ dovecot's sasl page: http://wiki.dovecot.org/Sasl i know there's a patch against exim 4.43: http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/AuthenticatedSmtpUsingDovecot that, purportedly, enables EXIM to use dovecot's SASL as an auth backend. questions: (1) with 'recent' updates to both dovecot/exim, is that patch still required? (2) if so, is that patch still viable/safe against 4.63? (3) can anyone provide a _specific_ example of the exim config(s) (Makefile, Router, Transport) they're using to 'make it work'? i've asked this question @ exim list, but, other than a 'why would you bother?' and a 'good luck with your efforts', no "joy" so far ... thanks, richard -- /"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign X against HTML email, vCards / \ & micro$oft attachments [GPG] OpenMacNews at gmail dot com fingerprint: 50C9 1C46 2F8F DE42 2EDB D460 95F7 DDBD 3671 08C6 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 194 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20060829/96f114cf/attachment.bin>
OpenMacNews wrote:> hi, > > i'm running dovecot branch_10 cvs on OSX 10.4.7 w/ exim 4.63. > > i'd like to use Dovecot's SASL as an auth backend to exim, instead of > Cyrus-SASL. > > @ dovecot's sasl page: > > http://wiki.dovecot.org/Sasl > > i know there's a patch against exim 4.43: > > http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/AuthenticatedSmtpUsingDovecot > > that, purportedly, enables EXIM to use dovecot's SASL as an auth backend. > > questions: > > (1) with 'recent' updates to both dovecot/exim, is that patch still > required?I guess so> (2) if so, is that patch still viable/safe against 4.63?Well it applies cleanly (after substituting "exim-4.63" for "exim-4.43") and seems to build OK (on Solaris 10)> (3) can anyone provide a _specific_ example of the exim config(s) > (Makefile, Router, Transport) they're using to 'make it work'?No, but I'd try what was suggested in the "authenticators" section; something like :- begin authenticators ntlm: driver = dovecot public_name = NTLM server_socket = /var/authentication_socket_path server_set_id = $1 ... etc.> > i've asked this question @ exim list, but, other than a 'why would you > bother?' and a 'good luck with your efforts', no "joy" so far ... > > thanks, > > richard >Best Wishes, Chris -- --+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+- Christopher Wakelin, c.d.wakelin at reading.ac.uk IT Services Centre, The University of Reading, Tel: +44 (0)118 378 8439 Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 2AF, UK Fax: +44 (0)118 975 3094
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