Actually no. I read it as "--with-auth=AnythingButKerberos" :-) There are many ways to configure unix auth. I'm using the saslauthd which points to PAM which then points to a MS Active Directory server.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 7:40 AM Subject: Re: configure --without-krb fails, looking for Kerberos > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lists" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Cyrus-Info" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 6:34 PM > Subject: Re: configure --without-krb fails, looking for Kerberos > > > > Ian, > > > > Try using "--with-auth=unix" instead of --without-des > > Does this bit of the manual mean that if I do not want to store > authorization information in /etc/passwd, because the mailbox users have > nothing to do with the unix users, I need to use Kerberos? > > From install-compile.html: > --with-auth=METHOD > Specifies the authorization (group membership) module to use. Currently > implemented authorization modules are: > unix > Unix /etc/passwd and /etc/group file > krb > Kerberos principals (requires Kerberos libraries). Optionally, specify > where to find Kerberos v4 with "--with-krb=DIR" IMPORTANT: The Kerberos v4 > support requires the DES library. Some vendor distributions of Kerberos, > including the one with Solaris, do not have this support and cannot be used. > krb_pts > Kerberos principals with AFS PTserver groups (requires Kerberos and AFS > libraries). Optionally, specify where the AFS libraries are found with > "--with-afs=PATH". Also requires krb support as above. > Any method of authenticating with SASL can be used with any authorization > module. >