Re: [courier-users] Can't log in via courier-pop3

At 09:54 AM 3/31/2007, you wrote:

> >| james@nova.the-jdh.com | 67fada7e716dd205 | | 5000 | 5000 |
>
>This seems to be hexadecimal encoded (did you use PASSWORD() from a
>rather old
>mysql version?).
mysql 5.0 over here.

>You should use Salted-MD5 as used by the UNIX-Shadow-Passwords (looking like
>$1$foobar$...).
Will that mesh with the cryptpw field in authmysqlrc or will I have
to switch to clearpw?

>One way to get them is to use "userdbpw -md5" on the command line.

I'm trying to eliminate the need for system accounts just for
checking mail, because I'm the only person who's actually going to
*need* a system account.

>Personally,
>I would discourage using any mysql-function for this (I don't know if there
>is any). I suggest building this step into the frontend/library for changing
>passwords/creating users.
If I was creating my own solution for it, that's definitely what I'd
do, now that I'm aware mysql's encription's pretty much useless here.

>Either by calling userdbpw from your frontend or use your programming
>language's method for generating unix MD5 hashes.

There's my problem. I created the user here just for testing's sake
using phpmyadmin. Again, this was when I was thinking mysql's
encription functions would actually accomplish something. Looking for
alternatives I go.


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