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

Jan Schneider jan at horde.org
Tue Jul 16 19:20:26 UTC 2013


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

> On 2013-07-16 10:49 AM, "Jan Schneider" <jan at horde.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> 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.
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>> Jan Schneider
>> The Horde Project
>> http://www.horde.org/
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> Do we have a tutorial on doing such thing? Do you have one to recommend?
>
> Thanks Jan!

Just do what I said. Pick a different authentication backend, then  
take a look at backends.php.
-- 
Jan Schneider
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