5. Configuring PAM
Now we need to get sure that PAM knows how to authenticate the Cyrus users
You have to create the file /etc/pam.d/imap with the following entries:
auth sufficient pam_mysql.so user=mail passwd=secret host=localhost db=mail table=accountuser usercolumn=username passwdcolumn=password crypt=1 logtable=log logmsgcolumn=msg logusercolumn=user loghostcolumn=host logpidcolumn=pid logtimecolumn=time
auth sufficient pam_unix_auth.so
account required pam_mysql.so user=mail passwd=secret host=localhost db=mail table=accountuser usercolumn=username passwdcolumn=password crypt=1 logtable=log logmsgcolumn=msg logusercolumn=user loghostcolumn=host logpidcolumn=pid logtimecolumn=time
account sufficient pam_unix_acct.so |
The lines containing pam_unix_auth.so and pam_unix_acct.so
are only needed if you are migrating from WU-IMAP to Cyrus.
This allows you to authenticate with its old unix-password AND its new mysql-based password.
To use the other services provided by cyrus and smtp-authtication you need to copy the file
so that they match the service-ID
cp /etc/pam.d/imap /etc/pam.d/pop
cp /etc/pam.d/imap /etc/pam.d/sieve
cp /etc/pam.d/imap /etc/pam.d/smtp |
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