Re: can't change saslpasswd2 via squirrelmail plugin SOLVED

["w trillich" <will@serensoft.com>]

On Sun, May 8, 2005 7:10 pm, Herisanu Alexandru said:
> Since nobody replied to this message, I will.
>
> /etc/sasldb2 is owned by root:sasl.
>
> If you change it to cyrus:sasl, it will work.

<ruffle ruffle, click click> boy this was from a LONG time ago. :)

the whole paradigm there is nefarious, the way that plugin works.
a hack quickly designed with little consideration for side-effects.

i abandoned the permissions problem and implemented it the way
*nix intended -- via "sudo".

in /usr/share/squirrelmail/plugins/chg_sasl_passwd/config.php:

  $GLOBALS['chgsaslpasswd_cmd']
  = "/usr/bin/sudo -u cyrus /usr/sbin/saslpasswd2";

as nature intended, now there's no need for a special binary with
dangerous permissions or ownership settings. less cruft, more
elegance, save the world, yada yada.

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