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

[Louis-Philippe Allard]

On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> wrote:

> 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
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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.
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> Jan Schneider
> The Horde Project
> http://www.horde.org/
>
> OK done!  Its pretty much what I used on H4..

Thanks for the pointer!