[imp] User not authorized for Mail

[Michael J Rubinsky]

You need to set 'hordeauth' in imp/config/backends.local.php. See the  
backends.php file for more information.

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From: "Dr. Lars Hanke" <debian at lhanke.de>
Sent: Feb 8, 2017 2:51 PM
To: imp at lists.horde.org
Subject: [imp] User not authorized for Mail

> I did a fresh install of Horde 5.2.13 on nginx 1.10.2 with PHP  
> 7.0.15 all as shipped with current Debian Testing. Horde runs as a  
> virtual server in its own PHP pool with its own user. It is  
> configured to use IMP as authentication backend. IMP uses a remote  
> IMAP server (Dovecot) for authentication - and as mail store I hope.
>
> Logging in into Horde works nicely with the IMAP credentials. But on  
> the user's dashboard I see /User ___ is not authorized for Mail  
> (client.fqdn)/. Clicking on the webmail tab asks for another  
> authentication, which fails with the very same IMAP credentials.
>
> I followed the FAQ https://wiki.horde.org/FAQ/Admin/Troubleshoot
>
>  * the session counter on /test.php increases
>  * I use the default handler, and I see a session file in
>    /var/lib/php/sessions
>  * The cookie path is '/', which seems correct, and domain is set as
>    $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']. My firefox has two cookies (Horde,
>    horde_secret_key) with domain '.server.fqdn'.
>
> I searched for other entries on the web and actually found lots of  
> reports. Most of them were related to upgrade issues and bugs in  
> ancient versions. Anyhow, after several hours of reading I couldn't  
> find anything that resembled my scenario or gave clear information  
> what to check.
>
> Since I'm absolutely new to Horde, I don't even have a clue how it  
> is expected to work. But I'm puzzled that if IMP is used for  
> succesful authentication, access to IMP is then denied. But I may  
> simply misunderstand some core concept.
>
> I chose not to flood the list with config snippets, since I do not  
> know where to start. But I'll gladly post any helpful information.  
> I'd appreciate any help to do some structured troubleshooting on my  
> install.
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
>  - lars.
>
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