Thomas -Balu- Walter writes: > Hey guys, > > are there any know problems/issues for using email-addresses > as "uid" so that a user has to login to pop/imap using his email? > > I wonder if there are clients or other things that might make problems > when using this kind of setup. Yes, many problems!
The "uid" attribute is used by many other LDAP-aware applications and services, which cause clashes. Furthermore, "uid" is a very common naming attribute, which again causes a conflict when naming LDAP entries. A good idea is to compile qmail-ldap to use a different attribute for POP3 authentication. I don't like "uid" as the chosen attribute for POP3 authentication, I wish the developers went with a different attribute from the start of the project, but "Oh Well". qmail-ldap already has a number of proprietary attributes in its schema, so why not have an alternative for "uid" in the shipped schema? Furthermore, why not make that alternative attribute the standard in the future versions. "uid" is almost guaranteeing a conflict with some other software. Would anyone like to respond to this?
