[KLUG Members] FYI: [users-groupware] New version of Mozilla Calendar]

[Eric Anderson]

In phpGroupWare API version 0.9.14.000, you can configure 
the application to use mail as it's authentication source, 
while still using SQL for the preferences/data storage.

On 29 Aug 2002 08:32:34 -0400
  Bruce Smith <bruce@armintl.com> wrote:

>> Run slapd (the LDAP server) with the passwd backend! 
>> Then your /etc/passwd file
>> IS the contents of your DSA.  No migration required. 
>> Each line in /etc/passwd
>> is morphed into a posixAccount object, all real-time.
>
>I haven't got it to work yet, but in the course of my 
>research, 
>I turned up the following disturbing message:
>
>http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-software/200001/msg00189.html
>
>It sounds like that will not work for me anyway.  The 
>message says:
>
>  "Note, however, the passwd backend is search only...
>   it doesn't support authentication."
>
>
>The message is a couple years old.  Do you know if that's 
>still true?
>Have you ever run a LDAP passwd backend?
>
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