[horde] Horde 5.0.4 IMP problems...

[Michael M Slusarz]

Quoting Michael Robinson <plug_1 at robinson-west.com>:

> On Tue, 2013-03-05 at 14:38 -0700, Michael M Slusarz wrote:
>> Quoting "Michael C. Robinson" <plug_1 at robinson-west.com>:
>>
>> > I'm running CentOS 6.3 under VirtualBox for a class project that
>> > involves Horde.
>> >
>> > I run Horde 4 at home, but I didn't install it from packages where
>> > pear seems to
>> > point to horde 5 now.
>> >
>> > In the virtual environment:
>> >
>> > dovecot-2.0.9
>> > postfix-2.2.6
>> > horde-5.0.4
>> > imp-6.0.4
>> > postgresql-8.4.13
>> > php-5.3.3
>> > pear updated to latest version.
>> >
>> > The php packages under CentOS needed to make horde itself work  
>> are installed.
>> > I can't log in to IMP.  I set dovecot up with a cram-md5 password file,
>>
>> I'd try with an easier (read: more basic) dovecot authentication
>> method first.  CRAM-MD5 can be difficult to setup properly.
>>
>> michael
>>
>> ___________________________________
>> Michael Slusarz [slusarz at horde.org]
>>
> A potentially wise piece of advice, but if I knew how to configure
> dovecot to work with this version of IMP I wouldn't be posting to the
> list.  Please point me to information on the above referenced
> configuration.  Does IMP 6.0.4 work with the above software versions
> I have mentioned?  Option B is to let me know how I can install horde
> 4 instead via pear or git.
>
> One advantage of cram-md5 and a separate password file is that I can use
> very weak passwords for email without making the user account passwords
> weak.  This is for a demonstration, proof of concept, code review
> situation.  I have till Thursday next week, so please make suggestions
> that are more helpful than simply saying don't use crypt authentication.

This *is* helpful advice.  Just like some other people have been doing  
on this list - you try to setup all of Horde at once and when it  
doesn't work it gives us absolutely no way of knowing *what* is wrong.  
  Just saying "I can't login to IMP" could be one of about 1,000  
different things.  Divide and conquer is the best strategy.

Nowhere did you mention that you could login to dovecot at all and/or  
through the test page, for example.  So that's as good a place to  
start as any.

michael

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Michael Slusarz [slusarz at horde.org]