[Dovecot] Authentication with many Windows AD

Joseba Torre
Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:19:46 -0000

El 12/02/13 11:36, Antonio Alberola escribi?:
> Dear All,
>
> I'm a new user of Dovecot and I need support with the authentication
> process.
> I use Dovecot 2.0.9 and Postfix 2.6.6 on host x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu
> 2.6.32-279.14.1.el6.x86_64 CentOS release 6.3 (Final)
>
> I need to select the validation method depending on the user. I have users
> that have to be authenticate with UNIX account, and I have others thats
have
> to be authenticate with Windows AD. For example, some sysadmins and special
> accounts needs validate with Unix accounts. Other normal users have to
> authenticate with Windows AD, I have many Windows controllers. Some users
> authenticate to a specific Windows AD and other users are validated in
> another one.
>
> How I can do this?

You can set as many databases as you want. Check this:

http://wiki2.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Authentication/MultipleDatabases

HTH