Password Schemes

ViMbAdmin supports many password schemes - see the following extract from application.ini.dist:

; The password hashing function to use. Set to one of:
;
;   "plain"       - password stored as clear text 
;   "md5"         - password hashed using MD5 without salt (PHP md5())
;   "md5.salted"  - password hashed using MD5 with salt (see below)
;   "crypt"       - standard DES hash (compatible with MySQL ENCRYPT and courier - be sure to
;                      set a two character hash below
;   "md5.crypt"   - MD5 based salted password hash nowadays commonly used in /etc/shadow. 
;                      (compatible with Dovecot) Requires min 8 character hash below.
;   "sha1"        - password hashed using sha1 without salt
;   "sha1.salted" - password hashed using sha1 with salt defined below 
;   "dovecot:XXX" - call the Dovecot password generator (see next option below) and use the 
;                      scheme specified by XXX. To see available schemes, use 'dovecotpw -l' 
;                      or 'doveadm pw -l'

defaults.mailbox.password_scheme = "md5"


; The path to (and initial option(s) if necessary) the Dovecot password generator. Typical 
; values may be something like:
;
; "/usr/bin/doveadm pw"
; "/usr/bin/dovecotpw"

defaults.mailbox.dovecot_pw_binary = "/usr/bin/doveadm pw"

; A hash to use when storing passwords. Typically used with "crypt"
; which only uses the first two characters and includes this in the
; final hash. For other schemes such as md5.salted then your mail system
; will also need to know and use this hash (or use Dovecot for authentication)

defaults.mailbox.password_hash = "ChangeMePlease"