Accepting multiple passwords for IMAPS access / 2019-04-25

After upgrading to the new homeserver my old setup to allow two passwords for IMAPS logins so I can use a separate password for IMAPS access for those devices that insist on saving a password without asking.

I have the following PAM libraries:

ii  libpam-modules 1.1.8-3.6    amd64        Pluggable Authentication Modules

And I debugged the problem using the pamtester program which makes debugging this problem a lot easier than constantly changing the configuration and restarting the imap server.

The relevant configuration now is:

# PAM configuration file for Courier IMAP daemon

#@include common-auth
# here are the per-package modules (the "Primary" block)
auth    required    pam_succeed_if.so quiet user ingroup users
#auth   [success=1 default=ignore]      pam_unix.so nullok_secure
auth    sufficient      pam_unix.so nullok_secure
auth    sufficient  pam_userdb.so db=/etc/courier/extrausers crypt=crypt use_first_pass
# here's the fallback if no module succeeds
auth    requisite                       pam_deny.so
# prime the stack with a positive return value if there isn't one already;
# this avoids us returning an error just because nothing sets a success code
# since the modules above will each just jump around
auth    required                        pam_permit.so
# and here are more per-package modules (the "Additional" block)
# end of pam-auth-update config
@include common-account
@include common-password
@include common-session

And now both my unix login password and the extra password are accepted.