[Web-cyradm] username as e-mail address

[Philippe Trolliet]

i´m using a beta version of web-cyradm now and everything works fine.
see below.

regards
philippe

> 
> 
> Thanks for the feedback.  See answers below.
> 
> Curtis
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Philippe Trolliet" <p.trolliet at novatec-gmbh.de>
> To: <web-cyradm at web-cyradm.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 7:43 AM
> Subject: RE: [Web-cyradm] username as e-mail address
> 
> 
> > hi,
> > what i don´t like in xerxes is that i´m not allowed to use a dot in the
> > username e.g. letter.lastname at domain.com.
> > is it possible to enable this?
> 
> The dot (unix like names) was a Cyrus Imap problem as I recall.  The 
> elimination of it in Xerxes is just a programming choice and can 
> be fixed by 
> editing the input normalization routine tables.  I am not certain 
> what Imap 
> will then do with it.  Try it and let us know what happens.  I'll 
> put in on 
> our list to try as well.

with the latest stable and a cvs version of web-cyradm everything works
fine. i can use a dot in the username e.g. user.name at example.com.

> 
> > xerxes also doesn´t allow passwords with special characters. this worked
> > fine in web-cyradm. is it possible to disable this password-checking
> > "feature"?
> 
> See above about normalization.  We do some sanity checking to prevent 
> certain types of MySql attacks which can be contained in the user 
> name and 
> password.

i think this doesn´t work correctly because you just allow a-z and 0-9. i
looked at the code. some users want to use special characters e.g. '?' or
'%'.

> 
> >
> > both web-cyradm and xerxes use a database mapping/lookup that 
> is a bit too
> > static. i´ve seen some web-apps out there where the database mapping is
> > configurable too (e.g. different table and column names). this is a bit
> > annoying because now i have to rename my current tables and columns and 
> > have
> > to reconfigure the postfix-mysql mapping.
> 
> I'm not certain that I understand your objective.  We have 
> changed the MySql 
> database several times to support different features.

i mean that you should provide a standard table layout like you already
have. but for advanced users there is no central configuration file where
they can specify a mapping to an alternative database schema/layout. e.g.
instead of using a table named accountuser with column username use a table
named mailbox with column user. have a look at the horde project. in some of
the modules you can specify where to lookup the needed information. this is
is much more flexible.

> 
> >
> > regards
> > philippe
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: web-cyradm-bounces at web-cyradm.org
> >> [mailto:web-cyradm-bounces at web-cyradm.org]On Behalf Of 
> cefalany at qwik.net
> >> Sent: Samstag, 17. März 2007 06:12
> >> To: web-cyradm at web-cyradm.org
> >> Subject: Re: [Web-cyradm] username as e-mail address
> >>
> >>
> >> > hi,
> >> > how can i configure webcyradm to use the user´s e-mail address
> >> as username
> >> > (without the dot, but with the at sign)?
> >>
> >> philippe:
> >>
> >> We had this requirement plus a requirement for virtual domains (i.e
> >> cefalany at qwik.net is separate and distinct from 
> cefalany at cmax2.com.)  The
> >> amount of code change required to accomplish these requirements was
> >> significant and resulted in a fork from the web-cyradm code.
> >>
> >> The resulting code base was named Xerxes and can be found at
> >> sourceforge.net or URL = xerxes.qwik.net.  It is stable and in 
> use every
> >> day providing secure e-mail service to multiple users over multiple
> >> domains.
> >>
> >> Although we no longer directly support web-cyradm, hopefully you will 
> >> find
> >> something in our work to assist you.
> >>
> >> Curtis
> >>
> >> > i haven´t found anything on howto configure this. i had some
> >> problems with
> >> > the dot in the username instead of the at sign.
> >> >
> >> > regards
> >> > philippe
> >> >
> >
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