dovecot - Jul 2007 - Connecting to dovecot/imap without a password

I have written a script that connects (localhost) to the dovecot/imap 
server and performs various maintenance on my mail, by folder..... 
deleting old stuff, keeping the n most recent, that sort of crap, er 
good stuff. :-)

My script is written in php (I use the various imap_* functions), and it 
connects to the imap server running on the same machine... is there a 
way to connect to the server without having to specify my user name and 
password?

I was thinking there may be some form of "implied" logon if a request 
from user "don" requests to log on to user "don", then
there's no need
for a password check, when the connection is via localhost.

That way I don't have to deal with userid/password related issues. :-)

Thanks

On 11.7.2007, at 0.07, Don Russell wrote:
> I have written a script that connects (localhost) to the dovecot/ 
> imap server and performs various maintenance on my mail, by  
> folder..... deleting old stuff, keeping the n most recent, that  
> sort of crap, er good stuff. :-)
>
> My script is written in php (I use the various imap_* functions),  
> and it connects to the imap server running on the same machine...  
> is there a way to connect to the server without having to specify  
> my user name and password?
>
> I was thinking there may be some form of "implied" logon if a  
> request from user "don" requests to log on to user
"don", then
> there's no need for a password check, when the connection is via  
> localhost.
How about using master users? http://wiki.dovecot.org/Authentication/ 
MasterUsers

The master user password can be empty of course also.. You can limit  
the allowed IPs with http://wiki.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase/ 
ExtraFields/AllowNets

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Timo Sirainen wrote:
> On 11.7.2007, at 0.07, Don Russell wrote:
>
>> I have written a script that connects (localhost) to the dovecot/imap 
>> server and performs various maintenance on my mail, by folder..... 
>> deleting old stuff, keeping the n most recent, that sort of crap, er 
>> good stuff. :-)
>>
>> My script is written in php (I use the various imap_* functions), and 
>> it connects to the imap server running on the same machine... is 
>> there a way to connect to the server without having to specify my 
>> user name and password?
>>
>> I was thinking there may be some form of "implied" logon if a
request
>> from user "don" requests to log on to user "don",
then there's no
>> need for a password check, when the connection is via localhost.
>
> How about using master users? 
> http://wiki.dovecot.org/Authentication/MasterUsers
>
> The master user password can be empty of course also.. You can limit 
> the allowed IPs with 
> http://wiki.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase/ExtraFields/AllowNets
Thank you. I think this will work well for me.