[imp] login failed message, but login was successful

neys neys at neys.org
Thu Feb 28 10:01:04 UTC 2008


Norberto Bensa wrote:
> neys wrote:
>> yes, but i have no uppercase names. i should mention, that my imap server
>> (cyrus) authenticates against the same ldap database as horde. before i
>> switched horde auth to ldap, i queried the ldap over imp auth. that worked
>> always, i never got an "login failed" error. but since i first make an
>> horde ldap auth and then an login to cyrus, the cyrus login failes
>> sometimes.
> 
> I have the very same problem at work. 
> 
> I've migrated from files/exim/courier/squirrelmail to ldap/postfix/cyrus/horde 
> and now, every now and then, horde auth success and cyrus/imp fails. 
> Actually, sort of fails because I can see the folders, but shows a "Login 
> failed" where the folder content should be.
> 
> I suspect some kind of time-out, but it's just a guess. I haven't fixed nor 
> traced it yet.

Good to know, that i am not the only one. How do you do cyrus auth? Via 
saslauthd or sasl and ldapdb?
Has anybody else this problem? Can anybody help me to fix it? I like to use 
this setup productive and an login error is not the best for beginning.

Thanks in advance, neys.


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