Re: Mapping usernames used for authentication to UNIX usernames

2021-06-16 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, Frank> Would it be possible to configure something that will map an Frank> email address to the UNIX account name and use the account name Frank> for authentication and obtaining the related information (uid, Frank> gid, home dir)? https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2018-September/11

Re: Mapping usernames used for authentication to UNIX usernames

2021-06-16 Thread John Stoffel
Frank> I'm looking for some advice or pointers how to best solve a Frank> small problem that I have. I have no doubt that this can be Frank> done in dovecot, but I'm struggling to find the easiest way to Frank> implement it. Frank> First of all, what I have: Frank> I have a relative small doveco

Re: Mapping usernames used for authentication to UNIX usernames

2021-06-16 Thread Michael Peddemors
probably thinking about this backwards, use the full email address by default, and if they only provide the user name, then concatonate the proper domain before authentication. full email address should be the preferred default moving forward. On 2021-06-16 6:58 a.m., Frank Volf wrote: Hi,

Mapping usernames used for authentication to UNIX usernames

2021-06-16 Thread Frank Volf
Hi, I'm looking for some advice or pointers how to best solve a small problem that I have. I have no doubt that this can be done in dovecot, but I'm struggling to find the easiest way to implement it. First of all, what I have: I have a relative small dovecot setup for a dozen domains, and