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--></head><body><div class="chapter" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a id="authlib" shape="rect"> </a>Courier Authentication Library</h1></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#authpwd" shape="rect">The <code class="literal">authpwd</code> authentication module</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#authshadow" shape="rect">The <code class="literal">authshadow</code> authentication module</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#authpam" shape="rect">The <code class="literal">authpam</code> authentication module</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#authpipe" shape="rect">The <code class="literal">authpipe</code> authentication module</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#authpipeproto" shape="rect">The <code class="literal">authpipe</code> protocol</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#authuserdb" shape="rect">The <code class="literal">authuserdb</code> authentication module</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#userdbprimer" shape="rect">A brief <code class="literal">userdb</code> primer</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#userdbsimple" shape="rect">A simple userdb setup</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#userdbcomplex" shape="rect">Large virtual domain farm</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#moreuserdb" shape="rect">Beyond <code class="literal">userdb</code></a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#authmysql" shape="rect">The <code class="literal">authmysql</code> authentication module</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#authpgsql" shape="rect">The <code class="literal">authpgsql</code> authentication module</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#authldap" shape="rect">The <code class="literal">authldap</code> authentication module</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#authcustom" shape="rect"><code class="literal">authcustom</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#options" shape="rect">Account options</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#authtest" shape="rect">Running <span class="command"><strong>authtest</strong></span></a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#pwchange" shape="rect">Changing account passwords</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#internals" shape="rect">Authentication internals</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#files" shape="rect">FILES</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#seealso" shape="rect">SEE ALSO</a></span></dt></dl></div><p>
necessarily end with a newline. The currently defined authentication
requests are:
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- login \n username \n password [\n] -- plaintext login
- cram-md5 \n challenge \n response [\n] -- base-64 encoded challenge and response
- cram-sha1 \n challenge \n response [\n] -- ditto
- cram-sha256 \n challenge \n response [\n] -- ditto
+ service \n login \n username \n password [\n] -- plaintext login
+ service \n cram-md5 \n challenge \n response [\n] -- base-64 encoded challenge and response
+ service \n cram-sha1 \n challenge \n response [\n] -- ditto
+ service \n cram-sha256 \n challenge \n response [\n] -- ditto
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In the case of success, return the complete set of
account parameters in the same format as PRE, ending with a period on
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