On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Mike Cathey wrote: > > imtest -a cyrus -u <userid> -m digest-md5 localhost > > > > Both of these will authenticate you as cyrus (using cyrus' password), > > but authorize you (assume the identity) as <userid>. > > Is this (authorization as another user) defined in one of the IMAP RFCs?
Its defined as part of the SASL mechanisms. > I've been poking around in the code for imtest (not a real C coder, btw) > and haven't found what I'm looking for yet. Any reference to "authzid" or "authoriziation id" should be what you are looking for. > Could someone save me the time and point me to an RFC or the section of > the code where the authorization is handled? I need to use it with some > perl modules (Mail::IMAPClient)... You need to use a SASL mechanism that supports authorization (e.g. PLAIN, DIGEST-MD5, GSSAPI...) -Rob -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Rob Siemborski * Andrew Systems Group * Cyert Hall 207 * 412-268-7456 Research Systems Programmer * /usr/contributed Gatekeeper
