Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] Understanding how Authentication works

[Bob Crandell]

Webmin has a tool that imports existing Linux users into Samba.  Maybe someone 
could
adapt that to do the same thing for phpGroupware.

Carry on.

Ryan Sclanders (address@hidden) wrote*:
>
>Thanks for the effort though. I am looking into a possible script for
>creation the Mysql accounts automatically when adding popaccounts.
>
>Cheers
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Bob Crandell <address@hidden>
>To: <address@hidden>
>Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 11:41 PM
>Subject: Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] Understanding how Authentication
>works
>
>
>> I re-read his message.  The misunderstanding is mine.
>>
>> Sorry.
>>
>> Chris Weiss (address@hidden) wrote*:
>> >
>> >One of use misunderstands what Ryan wants to do.  What I understodd is
>that
>> >he wants to centralize mangement of the accounts for email and phpGW.
>Since
>> >phpGW has the ability to auth to pop3/imap it makes most sence to have
>phpgw
>> >automaticaly create an account with some default settings when a user
>first
>> >tries to login using a valid email login and password.
>> >
>> >Bob Crandell (address@hidden) wrote*:
>> >>
>> >>I think POP3 and IMAP are just connectors to the mail store.  In my
>case, I
>> >check
>> >>my mail with POP3 (leave mail on server) and IMAP programs and
>phpGroupware
>> >and
>> >>see the same messages.
>> >>
>> >>The mail is not pulled into MySQL.
>> >>
>> >>If I'm wrong, sorry.
>> >>
>> >>Ryan Sclanders (address@hidden) wrote*:
>> >>>
>> >>>Hi
>> >>>
>> >>>Apologies for not replying to Aljandro Borges regarding rebuilding imap
>and
>> >php.
>> >>I see that there are a number of answers to that already.
>> >>>
>> >>>My question comes back to authenticating though phpgroupware.
>> >>>Senario: If you have a live mail server with 3000+ mail addresses on
>> >already. All
>> >>created as pop accounts.
>> >>>1. How does one get phpgroupware to use the pop accounts rather than
>> >creating
>> >>them in mysql?
>> >>>2. Or yes mysql will authenticate them but if you add a pop account can
>that
>> >>autocreate it in mysql?
>> >>>
>> >>>I have got a working version of this on my network. I just cannot
>recreate
>> >it.
>> >>>
>> >>>Any Ideas, as it is frustrating to create a popaccount and then to go
>into
>> >>phpgroupware and create an account there.
>> >>>
>> >>>Thanks
>> >>>Ryan
>> >>>
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>> >>
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