On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Claudio Kuenzler <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 12:39 PM, A.L.E.C <[email protected]> wrote: > >> That column is used only for log in. The current behaviour allows only >> one alias. Also not every installation is using it at all. What I >> propose is to:[[BR]] >> 1. remove this column. >> 2. add an option which will search for the username in identities table. >> SELECT u.* >> FROM users.u >> JOIN identities i ON (i.user_id = u.user_id) >> WHERE email = ? >> LIMIT 1 >> >> So, this way searching for alias would be optional (which will improve >> performance, when not needed, e.g. there's a plugin which do alias >> mapping) and will give more possibilities. >> >> What I'm afraid of is that there's a use-case where alias is not an >> email address. >> > > You're exactly right. Our Roundcube installation (with several hundred > users) is using a setup with Confixx. The e-mail accounts created by > Confixx can only be accessed by a username (not e-mail address). To allow > our users to log in using username AND e-mail address, I am using a plugin > (authenticate_by_confixx). > But if a user wants to use his real username as login, this would fail if > the username is not in the alias column anymore. > Please correct me if I'm wrong. > I correct myself. I mixed up username and alias columns. The alias is of course an e-mail address while the username is the real username. So no worries from our side. > > >> >> http://trac.roundcube.net/ticket/1488581 >> >> -- >> Aleksander 'A.L.E.C' Machniak >> LAN Management System Developer [http://lms.org.pl] >> Roundcube Webmail Developer [http://roundcube.net] >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PGP: 19359DC1 @@ GG: 2275252 @@ WWW: http://alec.pl >> _______________________________________________ >> Roundcube Development discussion mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.roundcube.net/mailman/listinfo/dev >> > >
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