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mod_client_management: Include software version in table (when known) Showing software versions could be useful for statistical reasons, e.g. determining how quickly (or not) users upgrade, but most importantly for revoking vulnerable clients versions in case of a security issue.
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2 labels:
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3 - 'Stage-Alpha'
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4 - 'Type-Auth'
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5 summary: Dovecot authentication module
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6 rockspec:
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7 build:
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8 modules:
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9 mod_auth_dovecot: auth_dovecot/mod_auth_dovecot.lua
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10 mod_auth_dovecot.sasl_dovecot: auth_dovecot/sasl_dovecot.lib.lua
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13 Introduction
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14 ============
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16 This is a Prosody authentication plugin which uses Dovecot as the
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17 backend.
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19 Configuration
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20 =============
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22 As with all auth modules, there is no need to add this to
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23 modules\_enabled. Simply add in the global section, or for the relevant
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24 hosts:
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26 authentication = "dovecot"
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28 These options are used by mod\_auth\_dovecot:
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30 Name Description Default value
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31 ----------------------- ----------------------------------------- -------------------------------
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32 dovecot\_auth\_socket Path to the Dovecot auth socket "/var/run/dovecot/auth-login"
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33 auth\_append\_host If true, sends the bare JID as authzid. false
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35 The Dovecot user and group must have access to connect to this socket.
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36 You can create a new dedicated socket for Prosody too. Add the below to
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37 the *socket listen* section of /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf, and match the
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38 socket path in Prosody's dovecot\_auth\_socket setting.
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40 service auth {
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41 unix_listener /var/spool/prosody/private/auth-client {
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42 mode = 0660
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43 user = prosody
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44 group = prosody
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45 }
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46 }
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48 Make sure the socket directories exist and are owned by the Prosody
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49 user.
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51 Note: Dovecot uses UNIX sockets by default. luasocket is compiled with
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52 UNIX socket on debian/ubuntu by default, but is not on many other
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53 platforms. If you run into this issue, you would need to either
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54 recompile luasocket with UNIX socket support, or use Dovecot 2.x's TCP
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55 socket support.
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57 TCP socket support for Dovecot 2.x
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58 ----------------------------------
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60 Dovecot 2.x includes TCP socket support. These are the relevant
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61 mod\_auth\_dovecot options:
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63 Name Description Default value
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64 --------------------- ------------------------- ----------------------------
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65 dovecot\_auth\_host Hostname to connect to. "127.0.0.1"
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66 dovecot\_auth\_port Port to connect to. *(this value is required)*
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68 Compatibility
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69 =============
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72 trunk Works
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73 0.8 Works
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