Uldis Pakuls wrote: > Bazy wrote: >> Jürgen Herz wrote: >> >>> On 2007-11-11 01:13, Bjørn T Johansen wrote: >>> >>>> I have enabled SSL support for my dovecot installation but if I enable >>>> secure authentication in my MUA, I get an >>>> error from dovecot telling me that this is not supported.. >>>> >>>> Is this because dovecot does not support this or am I missing some config? >>>> >>> Might be. But note that with "secure authentication" it might mean >>> CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, Kerberos a.s.o. that are no simple plain text or >>> just Base64 coding mechanisms. SSL on the other hand is a way to make a >>> secure *connection*. >>> So make sure some of the above mechanisms are enabled in your dovecot >>> installation as well. >>> >>> Jürgen >>> >>> ---AV & Spam Filtering by M+Guardian - Risk Free Email (TM)--- >>> >>> >> So, if we are talking about authentication, I always get the error: >> >> >> Nov 11 14:10:05 goofy postfix/smtpd[8089]: warning: >> unknown[192.168.0.3]: SASL CRAM-MD5 authentication failed: >> PDcyNTc4NDY4NjgyMTIxMDEuMTE5NDc4MzAwM0Bnb29meS5jZWx1bG96YS5ybz4= >> >> Nov 11 14:10:05 goofy postfix/smtpd[8089]: A1338855EA1: >> client=unknown[192.168.0.3], sasl_method=PLAIN, >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> Do i need to store the password in mysql with md5? I don't fully >> understand it... Why do i get that error? >> >> Now my "default_pass_scheme = CRYPT", and in mysql I'm using ENCRYPT >> when i store a password. >> >> > No, you need store passwords encrypted with CRAM-MD5 to use CRAM-MD5 > if your password is encrypted using CRYPT - only CRYPT is available. > > Generally you need to store unencrypted passwords to allow client chose > which encryption to use. > Then hash is generated internally by dovecot form unencrypted password. > If password is already encrypted only this encryption method is > available - e.g. you can't generate MD5 hash from Crypt hash. > > > Uldis >
I know I can't generate md5 from mysql encrypt :) but I understand now, thank you for explaining it to me.
