Tuesday, April 23, 2002, 11:52:23 PM, Peter Barnwell wrote:

> On Tuesday 23 Apr 2002 10:15 pm, you wrote:
>> hiho,
>>
>> i have plans to put pam-based authentication into postfix.
>> yes, i know, it's possible to use pam via sasl, but i'm not satisfied
>> with that solution. many people use pam based authentication only
>> (mysql, ldap, kerberos, etc.) and don't need the extra sasl layer.
>> so i want to get rid of sasl, because i don't need it.
>>
> Am I correct in assuming that you intend to re-write the relevant postfix
> code to enable Postfix to do smtp auth without sasl? If so I agree with you
> that this would be a good idea, although my plan was to use MySQL as the sole
> auth mechanism. sasl seems to add an immense overhead for what is essentialy
> a pretty trivial operation.

ok, not rewriting. i think about adding the pam code so it could be enabled
by DEFS like the sasl code. i agree with you, sasl seems a little bit
overkill for smtp authentication.

but i think, using mysql as the sole auth mech (this implies you put the
necessary mysql calls in postfix) isn't a good idea. if something in
the mysql interface changes, you have to touch the postfix code. using a
auth layer like pam you only have to change the module.

ciao -ap

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