[horde] How to switch horde login authentication to system files?

[Michael Rubinsky]

Quoting Roberto Maurizzi <roberto.maurizzi at gmail.com>:

> 2009/8/18 Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca>
>
>>  My problem:  all attempts at logging into horde are now rejected, for what
>> I think is the following reason.  I'm guessing that, before I upgraded this
>> Debian system, authentication was done via IMAP.  I'm assuming I can verify
>> that by checking, what, the conf.php file?
>
>
> Yes, but be sure to check in /var/www/horde/config/conf.php
>
> In the file you should find a line like:
>
> $conf['auth']['driver'] = 'drivername';
>
> You can find more info on initial configuration here
> http://wiki.horde.org/FAQ/Admin/Config#toc11 and in the howtos here
> http://wiki.horde.org/HowTo
>
> More importantly, to gain access to the system as administrator again and
> then checking and reconfiguring it using the web interface, you can edit
> conf.php substituting or commentig all the $conf['auth'] lines with:
>
> $conf['auth']['admins'] = array('Administrator');
> $conf['auth']['driver'] = 'auto';
>
> This will allow ANY user to login into Horde as Horde admin, and they'll be
> able to check the configuration and (depending on file permissions in the
> webroot) updating it.

Just keep in mind that this will, of course, open up administrative  
access to EVERYBODY with access to the horde url.


Thanks,
mike

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