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= [[#___top|NAME]] =
auth_vpopmail_sql - Authenticate to vpopmail via MySQL
= [[#___top|DESCRIPTION]] =
This plugin authenticates vpopmail users directly against a standard vpopmail MySQL database. It makes the not-unreasonable assumption that both pw_name and pw_domain are lowercase only (qmail doesn't actually care). If you are using CRAM-MD5, it also requires that vpopmail be built with the recommended '--enable-clear-passwd=y' option, because there is no way to compare the crypted password.
= [[#___top|CONFIGURATION]] =
<pre> echo "dbi:mysql:dbname=vpopmail;host=127.0.0.1" > config/vpopmail_mysql_dsn
echo "vpopmailuser" > config/vpopmail_mysql_user
echo "vpoppasswd" > config/vpopmail_mysql_pass</pre>
This can be a read-only database user since the plugin does not update the last accessed time (yet, see below).
This module supports PLAIN, LOGIN, and CRAM-MD5 authentication methods. You can disable undesired methods by editing this module and uncommenting the lines in the register() sub. See the POD for Qspmtpd::Auth for more details on the ramifications of supporting various authentication methods.
The remote user must login with a fully qualified e-mail address (i.e. both account name and domain), even if they don't normally need to. This is because the vpopmail table has a unique index on pw_name/pw_domain, and this module requires that only a single record be returned from the database.
= [[#___top|LIMITATIONS]] =
This authentication modules does not recognize domain aliases. So, if you have the domain example.com, with domain aliases for example.org and example.net, smtp-auth will only work for $user@example.com. If you have domain aliases, consider using another plugin (see SEE ALSO).
= [[#___top|FUTURE DIRECTION]] =
The default MySQL configuration for vpopmail includes a table to log access, lastauth, which could conceivably be updated upon sucessful authentication. The addition of this feature is left as an exercise for someone who cares. ;)
= [[#___top|SEE ALSO]] =
For an overview of the vpopmail authentication plugins and their merits, please read the VPOPMAIL section in docs/authentication.pod
= [[#___top|AUTHOR]] =
John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
= [[#___top|COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE]] =
Copyright (c) 2004 John Peacock
This plugin is licensed under the same terms as the qpsmtpd package itself. Please see the LICENSE file included with qpsmtpd for details.
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