Hey,
This seems to work fine if you call it thusly:
imap_open("{localhost:143}", "cyrus", "password");
I'm working on a set of Cyrus tools and have had success with this.
-Justin
Thus spake prune ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hi,
>
> You was right. I need to create a cyrus user in my ldap.
> I think admins musn't have real imap account... so don't create a
> "cyrus" imap mailbox.
>
> The question is "what auth scheme is used when using cyradm" ? and "what
> can I do to make cyradm use the same scheme as a normal imap connection
> (in fact, pam-ldap) ?
>
> Finaly, doing it with php seems easy. Yes, the php-cyradm is fine for
> logging into the server via sochet (telnet). What if I want to use
> php->imap ??
> the function is imap_open :
>
> int imap_open (string mailbox, string username, string password [, int
> flags])
>
> as :
>
> $mbox = imap_open("{localhost:143}INBOX","user_id","password");
>
> for the cyrus user, which does not have a mailbox, what should the
> "INBOX" string be replaced with ??
>
> Finaly, Maybe this should be added to the doc/FAQ about how to create a
> mailbox. I'll be pleased to help...
>
> Cheers and thank for your help. I'll tell you more as soon as everything
> work.
>
> Prune
>
>
>
> Dan Ellis wrote:
>
> > Your administration account must exist in whatever authentication scheme you
> > use (LDAP from what you say). To make any account inyour ldap server be an
> > admin, simply put there name in the imapd.conf file.
> >
> > Under php, you will still use the same admin name as with cyradm or ???, which
> > is the user in oyur ldap sturuct whose name also appears in the imapd.conf file.
> >
> > You should also refrain from giving your admin accounts mail boxes... (Can't
> > remember all the reasons why, but they are there... :))
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > PS(The sasldb only has use if you use it for authentication, which you aren't.)
> >
> >
> > Quoting prune <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Dan Ellis wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> If you are using the sasldb for authentication, I believe you have to
> >>
> >> do a
> >>
> >>> sasldbpasswd -c <user> to add a user (in your case, cyrus).
> >>
> >> I use pam ldap for authentication. As you can see in /etc/imapd.conf :
> >>
> >> ...
> >> admins: cyrus
> >> allowanonymouslogin: no
> >> #sasl_passwd_check: sasldb
> >> #sasl_pwcheck_method: sasldb
> >> sasl_pwcheck_method: PAM
> >> lmtpsocket: /var/imap/socket/lmtp
> >> ...
> >
> >
> >
> >
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