[imp] Authentication against LDAP

[Kevin Conley]

Sure - its not problem to do either.

First, there is a preference to take care of the double auth prob.

Go to setup->horde->authentication and at the bottom there is an option:

* What backend should we use for authenticating users to Horde?

Pick IMP and you should be good to go.

Second, HORDE allows you to write hooks (see horde/config/hooks.php) which allow 
you to write custom code that can set preference values or be called as certain 
time.

A combination of using the postauthenticate hook and the fullname/from_addr hook 
will do exactly what you want.

Read the hooks.php and pref.php files in both HORDE and IMP and see if you 
understand how these plug together - it's pretty simple to pick-up.
Then go the wiki and i believe there are a few entries on doing this with LDAP. 
If you still have questions drop em on this list and i'll dig up my samples for you.


Steve Williams wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have successfully got Horde Framework to authenticate against my LDAP. 
> However, I now get the login prompt when a users clicks on "Mail".
> 
> I would quite like Horde to pass the details to IMP when the users go to 
> IMP, rather than having to log in twice. Do I need to rewrite the 
> scripts to do this or have I missed an option somewhere?
> 
> Also, can I get IMP to take the user's details (name, e-mail address, 
> etc.) from the LDAP?
> 
> Thanks for reading,
> Steve
> 

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Kevin Conley	
Technology Support Services
Northwestern University
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