Re: smtp_auth without cyrus-sasl

Rakotomandimby (R12y) Mihamina wrote:
> Hi,
>
> May be I did the wrong search, but I found that implementing smtp_auth
> without cyrus-sasl is not possible.
>
> I would like to implement smtp_auth without any crypting, and as far as
> I know cyrus-sasl will provide a "secure" layer I dont want.
>
> All the tutorial I saw was about using cyrus-sasl for that.
> I want smtp_auth not to use the unix user login/pass but to use what I
> provide in a file (a /etc/shadow like file)
>
> What document you you advice me to implement that?
>

you are seemingly confusing multiple facets of authentication:

- directory: that's where user, passwords, certificates ... would be stored
- algorithms: plain, crypt, md5, sha, ...
- interfaces: cyrus, authdaemon, ...
- protocols: sasl, ....

cyrus sasl can be used with plain/crammd5/..., and can even use
authdaemon....

tutorials explain how to solve specific problems with simple solutions.
This means before you go trying to implement something special, do first
implement what the tutorial shows. once it works, change things one step
at a time. other approaches are possible, but don't ask others if you
take your own way.