horde auth - password

[Gaudenz Steinlin]

hi

I have a question about horde auth. As I can see, there is only 
a function (getAuth) to retrive the authenticated username. But 
there is no function to get the password of this user. 
i am building a module for changing password, setting email-
forwards an so on. I am using IMAP-authentication of horde auth.
But to put the forward on to the server (per ftp) I need to know
the password. 
Is it possible to add some code to the horde auth system which 
stores the password in the session or is this against your 
design? Do you suggest using horde auth or should I better 
implement my own authentication like IMP and Gollem do it?

gaudenz