> OK, I'm not sure why this works, but if I su to the unix account which > matches the mailbox name of the mailbox I'm trying to run sieveshell > for.... > and it works just fine. I had assumed I could be running as root, or > another account I use to manage stuff.... and just pass in the username > with > a -u parameter.
I just tried it and it worked this way (as root): sieveshell --user=simix --authname=simix localhost Simon > > I only tried this because I installed the avelsieve squirrelmail plugin. > Once installed, the plugin worked fine, so I knew authentication worked > with > sieve. That's when it occurred to me to actually su to that unix account, > and re-run sieveshell. > > Thanks for the help guys. Appreciate it. > Dan > > >>From: Igor Brezac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: Dan Perez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>CC: info-cyrus@lists.andrew.cmu.edu >>Subject: Re: Sieve Authentication Fails >>Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 14:30:07 -0500 (EST) >> >> >>On Fri, 4 Feb 2005, Dan Perez wrote: >> >>>> >>>>It has --authname and it works fine. Check man pages. >>>>Igor >>>>--- >>> >>>Sorry, unless I'm misunderstanding something... that's not it. >>> According >>>to the man pages --authname let's you pass in a different username for >>>authentication, it doesn't let you specify a mechanism... >>> >> >>You are correct, you cannot pass a mechanism to sieveshell. I >> incorrectly >>assumed that --auth in cyradm is an authentication username. >> >>-- >>Igor >>--- >>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 > > > --- > 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 > > --- 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
