[horde] Horde authentication for single user with multiple GMail accounts

Jan Schneider jan at horde.org
Tue Jul 16 14:49:03 UTC 2013


Zitat von Louis-Philippe Allard <lp.allard.1 at gmail.com>:

> Hello,  after I could finally install and run Horde 5 for the 1st time, I
> am seeking for people's feedback and experience with authentication.
>
> My needs are very basic:
>
> Single user (for now)
> Will be connecting IMP to my GMail account as well as a secondary email
> account
> Secure authentication (encrypted credentials)
> Must be able to log to Horde in offline mode, that is, if the internet is
> down, or Gmail's having problems, Horde will allow me to login nevertheless.
>
> Before on Horde 4 I chad configured IMP to be the authenticator, and it was
> using my primary Gmail's account credentials.  It happened that I wanted to
> access my calendar in Kronolith but since the server was offline, I
> couldnt... Kinda of a problem as it depends on external services.
>
> What authentication setup do you guys recommend?
>
> Cheers and thanks for the great help!

There are only awkward solutions, because you must synchronize login  
credentials manually. But you can simply use a different  
authentication backend that you have full control over, then use  
'hordeauth' in IMP's backends.local.php.
-- 
Jan Schneider
The Horde Project
http://www.horde.org/



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