[imp] Authentication against LDAP

[Steve Williams]

Kevin Conley wrote:
> 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.

Hi Kevin,

Thanks for your response on this. I've got Cyrus authenticating against 
LDAP, IMP authenticating against Cyrus and Horde authenticating against IMP.

I'll have a sit down with all the white papers you suggest from the WIKI 
and from the hooks.php file tomorrow.

Thanks again for your response.

Steve

> 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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