> * Tore Anderson > > > Hi. I've run into problems with usernames like "123" or "1_1". > > What seems to be the common thing is that that none of them > > contains alphabetic characters. Cyradm creates them just fine > > (although they for some reason is created under the "q" directory > > when using a hashed spool), and lmtpd delivers to them just fine. > > > > However, logging into those accounts with POP3 or IMAP fails in > > mysterious ways. > > After some more digging, I found the following in lib/auth_unix.c, > function auth_canonifyid(): > > if (!sawalpha) return NULL; /* has to be one alpha char */ > > Certainly looks like the "bug" isn't there by mistake. :-) It is > tempting to simply comment out that check. On the other hand, I assume > there's a reason for that check to be there. > > But what that reason is I don't know. Could anyone enlighten me?
I have no idea why this restriction exists but there is a patch somewhere to make all numeric mailboxes possible. Simon --- Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
