1 The Courier Authentication Library is a generic authentication API used
4 1. Read the name of a mail account. Determine the local account's home
5 directory, and system userid and groupid.
6 2. Read an account name, and a password. If valid, determine the
7 account's home directory, system userid, and groupid.
9 The base package only installs the authpam authentication module to
10 obtain account information and passwords using PAM
12 Other plugin authentication modules are provided:
14 net/courier-authlib-ldap OpenLDAP
15 databases/courier-authlib-mysql MySQL
16 databases/courier-authlib-pgsql PostgreSQL
17 databases/courier-authlib-userdb libc db based
18 databases/courier-authlib-usergdbm gdbm dependant
19 mail/courier-authlib-vchkpw vpopmail/vchkpw
21 Install them as occasion demands.
23 WWW: http://www.Courier-MTA.org/authlib/