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@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@ Tamarind is a CGI program written in the TXR language, running under the Apache web server. Each web request from a web browser launches a new instance of the Tamarind program. -Tamarind authenticates users via SASL---it opens a Unix domain socket -to the saslauthd daemon to validate their user ID and password. +Tamarind authenticates users in one of two ways: using IMAP (opening +a TCP connection to an IMAP server to verify the user name and password) +or SASL (UNIX domain socket to saslauthd server). User sessions are maintained in per-user persistent files stored on the server in a configurable session directory. A browser cookie is associated with an @@ -103,6 +104,10 @@ Here is a visual representation of the architecture: +----------+ +Note that the authentication part of the block diagram shoes +only SASL authentication; this can be configured to IMAP instead. + + 3. HOW TO INSTALL TAMARIND 3.1 Overview. |