[cvs] [Wiki] changed: FAQ/Admin/Config

[Jan Schneider]

jan  Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:41:55 -0400

Modified page: http://wiki.horde.org/FAQ/Admin/Config
New Revision:  4.25
Change log:  Link to sql howto and more cleanups

@@ -203,22 +203,11 @@
  Once you know what type of user database you want to use, you must  
configure Horde and possibly some other Horde applications (like IMP,  
gollem, etc) to use that authentication source. For Horde, you do this  
in the //Authentication// tab of the setup interface. If you choose to  
use IMP to authenticate users (e.g. by having IMP log into the IMAP or  
POP3 server) you must configure {{horde/imp/config/servers.php}}  
appropriately also.

  Some special notes for some of the authentication methods are:

-* If using the sql backend with the {{horde_users}} table, the  
password must be in md5() format (and not the !MySQL password()  
format, for example).
-* {{horde/scripts/sql/script.initial_horde_user.sql}} is an SQL  
script which will create an initial admin user for sql authentication.  
This can be used to login and configure the system. If you use this,  
be sure to change it as soon as possible so it does not become a  
security risk.
+* {{horde/scripts/sql/script.initial_horde_user.sql}} is an SQL  
script which will create an initial administration user for SQL  
authentication. This can be used to login and configure the system. If  
you use this, be sure to change it as soon as possible so it does not  
become a security risk. If using the SQL backend with the  
{{horde_users}} table and using this script to add an initial user,  
the password must be in MD5 format (for Horde <= 3.1.x) or SSHA (for  
Horde >= 3.2.x) (and not the !MySQL password() format, for example).  
You can add an initial user manually though and choose a different  
password hashing method.
  * If using IMAP authentication, see the comments in  
{{horde/imp/config/servers.php}} for options you may need to specify.
-
-To use the default mySQL database:
-
-1) Administration->setup->horde->authentication
-2) Choose SQL authentication
-3) Put the planned administrative username in the Administrators field.
-4) Administration->setup->users
-5) Create users
-
-Y our users will have to either have the same login/pass as they do  
on the IMAP server or they will have to login separately to IMP. The  
other option is to have your IMAP server use SQL authentication, and  
use the SQL with custom queries backend in horde to connect to the  
same database/tables as your IMAP
-server.
+* See the [HowTo authentication howtos] for some example  
authentication setups and especially SQLAuthHowTo for an  
authentication setup example that allows for user management.

  +++ What are the default user name and password for the administrator?

  There are none. Since Horde supports a broad variety of different  
authentication backends and you are free to choose any of them for  
your Horde installation, the selected backend decides which are valid  
login credentials. And we didn't add an authentication independent  
backdoor to Horde, for obvious reasons.