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mod_pubsub_post: Document JSON to XML mapping capability
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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 ...
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8 Introduction
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9 ============
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11 This is a Prosody authentication plugin which uses Dovecot as the
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12 backend.
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14 Configuration
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15 =============
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17 As with all auth modules, there is no need to add this to
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18 modules\_enabled. Simply add in the global section, or for the relevant
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19 hosts:
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21 authentication = "dovecot"
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23 These options are used by mod\_auth\_dovecot:
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25 Name Description Default value
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26 ----------------------- ----------------------------------------- -------------------------------
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27 dovecot\_auth\_socket Path to the Dovecot auth socket "/var/run/dovecot/auth-login"
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28 auth\_append\_host If true, sends the bare JID as authzid. false
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30 The Dovecot user and group must have access to connect to this socket.
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31 You can create a new dedicated socket for Prosody too. Add the below to
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32 the *socket listen* section of /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf, and match the
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33 socket path in Prosody's dovecot\_auth\_socket setting.
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35 service auth {
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36 unix_listener /var/spool/prosody/private/auth-client {
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37 mode = 0660
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38 user = prosody
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39 group = prosody
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40 }
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41 }
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43 Make sure the socket directories exist and are owned by the Prosody
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44 user.
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46 Note: Dovecot uses UNIX sockets by default. luasocket is compiled with
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47 UNIX socket on debian/ubuntu by default, but is not on many other
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48 platforms. If you run into this issue, you would need to either
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49 recompile luasocket with UNIX socket support, or use Dovecot 2.x's TCP
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50 socket support.
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52 TCP socket support for Dovecot 2.x
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53 ----------------------------------
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55 Dovecot 2.x includes TCP socket support. These are the relevant
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56 mod\_auth\_dovecot options:
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58 Name Description Default value
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59 --------------------- ------------------------- ----------------------------
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60 dovecot\_auth\_host Hostname to connect to. "127.0.0.1"
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61 dovecot\_auth\_port Port to connect to. *(this value is required)*
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63 Compatibility
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64 =============
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67 trunk Works
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68 0.8 Works
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