Lawrence Greenfield wrote: > Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 11:20:03 -0500 > From: twk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > It didn't used to be. More than one person here has given up on > making SASL work with Kerberos V. We are seriously considering > using the PAM SASL module with Kerberos support, though this adds > additional complexity. Until we can straighten this out, we'll be > running 1.5.19. > > Well, of course, 1.5.19 doesn't support Kerberos V at all.
True, I forgot we're actually doing Kerberos IV > > There are so many different authentication schemes out there and > they'll all interact differently and it's really challenging to write > portable software that compiles for everyone. > > We do want to make it easier but we get precious few patches in this > area and we just don't have that many different systems here. > Kerberos is not exactly an obscure authentication scheme (at least in the nono-corporate world). Mind you, I take issue with SASL and not Cyrus. Smarter minds than mine have given up in disgust trying to get SASL and Kerberos V to work with server software other than Cyrus. Even the vendor couldn't figure out how to make it work. Has anyone out there patched the old authentication routines into a recent version of Cyrus? Thanks, Tom -- Tom Karches email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Systems Administrator phone : 919.515.5508 NCSU Information Technology
