[imp] PHP Upgrade Changes Default IMP Authentication Method

[Evans, Tim]

> Quoting "Evans, Tim" <Tim_Evans@troweprice.com>:
> 
> > Current Config (Needing Upgrade)
> > --------------------------------
> > IMP 2.2.3, horde 1.2.3, php 4.0.3pl1, cyrus imapd 1.6.24, cyrus sasl
> > 1.5.24, pam_mysql 0.4.5
> >
> > Replacing php with 4.0.6 causes IMP login to default to 
> CRAM-MD5, rather
> > than the current plaintext.  Is this default changed in 
> 4.0.6; how to
> > revert to plaintext?
> 
> Yes, 4.0.6 got the crammd5 authenticator added.  It only uses 
> it if the 
> server advertises the crammd5 capability.  You should be able 
> to force 
> plaintext on the server side.

Well, turns out that, since there was no data in the SASL CRAM-MD5 database
(/etc/sasldb), simply removing it forces PHP/IMP to fall through the
plaintext authentication.  Cyrus imapd *always* uses CRAM-MD5 if the
database exists; if not, it goes on to other methods.

Thanks.  Now, to the other upgrades...
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