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Request #33527 imap_open() failes to use /authuser="" option with Cyrus server
Submitted: 2005-06-30 18:44 UTC Modified: 2021-08-29 04:22 UTC
Votes:15
Avg. Score:4.3 ± 0.9
Reproduced:13 of 13 (100.0%)
Same Version:2 (15.4%)
Same OS:2 (15.4%)
From: ed2019 at columbia dot edu Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: No Feedback Package: IMAP related
PHP Version: * OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2005-06-30 18:44 UTC] ed2019 at columbia dot edu 
Description:
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The imap_open() function documentation displays using the authuser swich, to authenticate as the superuser but act as another user.  This option fails against Cyrus IMAP servers, even though the underlying c-client supports it.  For example:
mailutil check {servername/imap/tls/novalidate-cert/authuser="cyrus"/user="uname"}INBOX

works, but the imap_open() call to do the same thing does not.

Reproduce code:
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$mbox = imap_open('{servername/imap/tls/novalidate-cert/authuser="cyrus"/user="uname"}INBOX', "cyrus","cyruspw");

Expected result:
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$mbox will be a valid imap mailbox stream.

Actual result:
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Nothing, then in the error log:
[client ip.ip.ip.ip] PHP Warning:  imap_open(): Couldn't open stream {mailserver/imap/tls/novalidate-cert/authuser="cyrus"/user="uname"}INBOX in /var/www/html/cyrustt/testimap.php on line 3

[client ip.ip.ip.ip] PHP Notice:  (null)(): Can't do /authuser with this server (errflg=2) in Unknown on line 0

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 [2005-08-01 15:16 UTC] ed2019 at columbia dot edu 
This is certainly a PHP bug, in the interface between php_imap and c-client.  The displayed error message 'can't do authuser with this server' is incorrect, we use the mailutil program, which does authuser, with this server.
 [2005-08-12 21:11 UTC] phantasm at wgresorts dot com 
Has this been resolved yet? I have to agree with ed2019 that this is certainly a PHP bug because the mailutil works fine from the command line.
 [2008-05-22 10:03 UTC] freecityhk at hotmail dot com 
still get this problem in PHP under CentOS 5
is it fixed?
 [2011-04-08 21:46 UTC] jani@php.net
-Package: Feature/Change Request +Package: IMAP related
 [2011-04-08 21:47 UTC] jani@php.net
-Operating System: RHEL4 +Operating System: * -PHP Version: 4.3.10 +PHP Version: *
 [2021-08-18 14:50 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2021-08-18 14:50 UTC] cmb@php.net 
Is that still an issue with any of the actively supported PHP
versions[1]?

[1] <https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php>
 [2021-08-29 04:22 UTC] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net 
No feedback was provided. The bug is being suspended because
we assume that you are no longer experiencing the problem.
If this is not the case and you are able to provide the
information that was requested earlier, please do so and
change the status of the bug back to "Re-Opened". Thank you.
 
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