[imp] User authorization failing for imp (Horde login is ok)

Michael J Rubinsky mrubinsk at horde.org
Tue Dec 9 14:46:11 UTC 2014


Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:

> Zitat von Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:
>
>> Quoting Kai Harrekilde-Petersen <khp at harrekilde.dk>:
>>
>>> Mike,
>>>
>>> On 08-12-2014 22:01, Michael J Rubinsky wrote:
>>>> First, unless you have some specific need not to, you should  
>>>> probably be using Application/IMP authentication since you are  
>>>> authenticating to the same IMAP server anyway.
>>>>
>>>> Second, you most likely have not correctly configured  
>>>> imp/config/backends.local.php propertly. Look at the 'hordeauth'  
>>>> parameter.
>>>
>>> Bingo! Changing the authentication to Application/IMP finally got  
>>> it to work. I only used IMAP because that's what the INSTALL file  
>>> suggested.
>>> hordeauth is set to false, but that seems to have no ill effects.  
>>> Should I worry?
>>
>> It should be set to true unless you want your users to have to  
>> authenticate to both Horde and again to IMP.
>
> Though NOT if you use application/IMP for authentication. Enabling  
> hordeauth only makes sense when NOT authenticating to Horde through  
> IMP.

Did this change recently? The documentation in backends.php states  
(emphasis mine):


"- false: Don't use Horde authentication; ALWAYS require separate login."

-- 
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