[dovecot-cvs] dovecot/doc auth.txt,1.9,1.10

cras at procontrol.fi cras at procontrol.fi
Thu Jun 26 03:15:37 EEST 2003


Update of /home/cvs/dovecot/doc
In directory danu:/tmp/cvs-serv20331/doc

Modified Files:
	auth.txt 
Log Message:
Using "*" as PAM service name now uses imap/pop3 service.



Index: auth.txt
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RCS file: /home/cvs/dovecot/doc/auth.txt,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -d -r1.9 -r1.10
--- auth.txt	8 May 2003 04:28:30 -0000	1.9
+++ auth.txt	25 Jun 2003 23:15:35 -0000	1.10
@@ -80,8 +80,14 @@
 ApplePAM (OSX). PAM doesn't provide user database, so you have to use
 something else for that - passwd usually.
 
-Here's an example /etc/pam.d/imap configuration file which uses
-standard UNIX authentication:
+By default Dovecot uses "dovecot" service, ie. the PAM configuration is in
+/etc/pam.d/dovecot file. You can override this by giving the wanted service
+name as parameter for pam. For example "auth_passdb = pam dovecot2". If you
+give "*" as service name, Dovecot uses "imap" service for IMAP connections
+and "pop3" service for POP3 connections.
+
+Here's an example /etc/pam.d/dovecot configuration file which uses standard
+UNIX authentication:
 
 auth	required	pam_unix.so nullok
 account	required	pam_unix.so



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