[imp] changing the uid

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Quoting "dimi@ucnet.uoc.gr" <dimi@ucnet.uoc.gr>:

 | I am using imp for authentication and i am using courier imap server. The
 | uids' are in ldap server the iplanet.
 | I am using realm because I want to be displayed the user's mail account. The
 | user is able to login using either the uid or
 | the uid@$realm. The system recognizes both usernames.

You may have issues with your prefs, if you use both, IIRC.

 | So, if I understood well, you are telling me that in case that the uid is
 | changed then the uid@$realm must be changed
 | too!If I want to change my uid from dimi to dimitra I must change my account
 | from dimi@ucnet.uoc.gr to
 | dimitra@ucnet.uoc.gr.
 | Why is that? Imp works like that? Because I tried to enter to an other
 | application with my new uid and I had no problem!

Your authentication is being handled by courier imap not directly by IMP.
In your courier/authldaprc file you probably have the following which
determines which attribute will be used by courier for searching.
Courier doesn't even know or care, for that matter, what your uid is ;-)

LDAP_MAIL               mail

AFAIK, that is why.

Bottom line, what I do is have several different entries in my ldap directory
with different uid's and email's but with the same homeDirectory.  That way
all the mail goes to the same place. Remember you are interacting with ldap,
courier and imp.

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