Re: [Dovecot] Connecting to dovecot/imap without a password
Timo Sirainen wrote: On 11.7.2007, at 0.07, Don Russell wrote: I have written a script that connects (localhost) to the dovecot/imap server and performs various maintenance on my mail, by folder. deleting old stuff, keeping the n most recent, that sort of crap, er good stuff. :-) My script is written in php (I use the various imap_* functions), and it connects to the imap server running on the same machine... is there a way to connect to the server without having to specify my user name and password? I was thinking there may be some form of implied logon if a request from user don requests to log on to user don, then there's no need for a password check, when the connection is via localhost. How about using master users? http://wiki.dovecot.org/Authentication/MasterUsers The master user password can be empty of course also.. You can limit the allowed IPs with http://wiki.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase/ExtraFields/AllowNets Thank you. I think this will work well for me.
[Dovecot] Connecting to dovecot/imap without a password
I have written a script that connects (localhost) to the dovecot/imap server and performs various maintenance on my mail, by folder. deleting old stuff, keeping the n most recent, that sort of crap, er good stuff. :-) My script is written in php (I use the various imap_* functions), and it connects to the imap server running on the same machine... is there a way to connect to the server without having to specify my user name and password? I was thinking there may be some form of implied logon if a request from user don requests to log on to user don, then there's no need for a password check, when the connection is via localhost. That way I don't have to deal with userid/password related issues. :-) Thanks
Re: [Dovecot] Connecting to dovecot/imap without a password
On 11.7.2007, at 0.07, Don Russell wrote: I have written a script that connects (localhost) to the dovecot/ imap server and performs various maintenance on my mail, by folder. deleting old stuff, keeping the n most recent, that sort of crap, er good stuff. :-) My script is written in php (I use the various imap_* functions), and it connects to the imap server running on the same machine... is there a way to connect to the server without having to specify my user name and password? I was thinking there may be some form of implied logon if a request from user don requests to log on to user don, then there's no need for a password check, when the connection is via localhost. How about using master users? http://wiki.dovecot.org/Authentication/ MasterUsers The master user password can be empty of course also.. You can limit the allowed IPs with http://wiki.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase/ ExtraFields/AllowNets PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part
