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

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von SSRI <ssri_abo at u-paris2.fr>:

> Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> a écrit :
>
>> Zitat von SSRI <ssri_abo at u-paris2.fr>:
>>
>>> Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> a écrit :
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>
>>> When hordeauth is set to false :
>>>
>>> 1) Where do you configure the auth driver for IMP ?
>>
>> The only "auth driver" if you want to say so, is IMAP (or POP3) for  
>> that matter, because those are the backends for IMP.
>>
>
> Ok, so no way to use an alternate backend in this case:  
> authentication will be handled by pear/php/Horde/Auth/Imap.php
>
>>> 2) Can you choose a different auth driver from Horde ?
>>
>> Yes, but in this case you would have to login twice. That's the use  
>> case where you WANT to set hordeauth to true.
>>
>
> One drawback when hordeauth is true, connexions with CalDAV clients  
> ( horde/rpc.php/calendars/... ) always generates a login to IMP. Is  
> there a way to disable this ? Because CalDAV clients are not  
> supposed to use IMP and connect to the mail server.

Of course they are, because IMAP is your authentication backend.

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