If users are checking their email using imap or pop, is there a way they can change their own passwords (so I can create a temporary one and let them change them to whatever they want) through, say, Thunderbird or whatever?
On 7/2/2008 5:06 AM, Mauricio Tavares wrote:> If users are checking their email using imap or pop, is there a way > they can change their own passwords (so I can create a temporary one and > let them change them to whatever they want) through, say, Thunderbird or > whatever?Not through Thunderbird, but maybe through 'whatever'... password change is not a function of the client or of dovecot, at least not without some kind of plug-in or extension... -- Best regards, Charles
Mauricio Tavares wrote:> If users are checking their email using imap or pop, is there a > way they can change their own passwords (so I can create a temporary > one and let them change them to whatever they want) through, say, > Thunderbird or whatever?Imap and pop3 protocols don't have such functions - dovecot too. Actually there is no "standard" user/password database for Dovecot. It supports a lots of different auth databases. Plain text, SQL LDAP etc.The way you change password depends on database you are using. I use SquirrelMail web mail - it have plugins for most auth db formats (PAM ,SQL, LDAP). In may case it is my own written wrapper/plugin as I use mixed auth sources. User must log in with current password to change it. Uldis