Bugzilla #643

[exim.git] / doc / doc-docbook / spec.xfpt

diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index 7add7e6041da3f201a088eccedd8516323a71040..fa29a25243aa0e82b4673f344049000fb5e30ef7 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-. $Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt,v 1.54 2009/10/13 08:46:06 tom Exp $
+. $Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt,v 1.57 2009/10/16 08:49:47 tom Exp $
 .
 . /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 . This is the primary source of the Exim Manual. It is an xfpt document that is
@@ -2975,6 +2975,7 @@ local part) and outputs what it finds.
 
 .cindex "options" "router &-- extracting"
 .cindex "options" "transport &-- extracting"
+.cindex "options" "authenticator &-- extracting"
 If one of the words &%router%&, &%transport%&, or &%authenticator%& is given,
 followed by the name of an appropriate driver instance, the option settings for
 that driver are output. For example:
@@ -2988,6 +2989,11 @@ using one of the words &%router_list%&, &%transport_list%&, or
 settings can be obtained by using &%routers%&, &%transports%&, or
 &%authenticators%&.
 
+.cindex "options" "macro &-- extracting"
+If invoked by an admin user, then &%macro%&, &%macro_list%& and &%macros%&
+are available, similarly to the drivers.  Because macros are sometimes used
+for storing passwords, this option is restricted.
+The output format is one item per line.
 
 .vitem &%-bp%&
 .oindex "&%-bp%&"
@@ -5885,6 +5891,10 @@ password are correct. In the examples it just produces an error message.
 To make the authenticators work, you can use a string expansion
 expression like one of the examples in &<<CHAPplaintext>>&.
 
+Beware that the sequence of the parameters to PLAIN and LOGIN differ; the
+usercode and password are in different positions.  &<<CHAPplaintext>>&
+covers both.
+
 .ecindex IIDconfiwal
 
 
@@ -9732,6 +9742,22 @@ lower case), signifying multiplication by 1024 or 1024*1024, respectively.
 As a special case, the numerical value of an empty string is taken as
 zero.
 
+.vitem &*bool&~{*&<&'string'&>&*}*&
+.cindex "expansion" "boolean parsing"
+.cindex "&%bool%& expansion condition"
+This condition turns a string holding a true or false representation into
+a boolean state.  It parses &"true"&, &"false"&, &"yes"& and &"no"&
+(case-insensitively); also positive integer numbers map to true if non-zero,
+false if zero.  Leading whitespace is ignored.
+All other string values will result in expansion failure.
+
+When combined with ACL variables, this expansion condition will let you
+make decisions in one place and act on those decisions in another place.
+For example,
+.code
+${if bool{$acl_m_privileged_sender} ...
+.endd
+
 .vitem &*crypteq&~{*&<&'string1'&>&*}{*&<&'string2'&>&*}*&
 .cindex "expansion" "encrypted comparison"
 .cindex "encrypted strings, comparing"
@@ -10183,6 +10209,10 @@ configuration, you might have this:
 .code
 server_condition = ${if pwcheck{$auth1:$auth2}}
 .endd
+Again, for a PLAIN authenticator configuration, this would be:
+.code
+server_condition = ${if pwcheck{$auth2:$auth3}}
+.endd
 .vitem &*queue_running*&
 .cindex "queue runner" "detecting when delivering from"
 .cindex "expansion" "queue runner test"
@@ -23797,7 +23827,7 @@ sasl_cram_md5:
 sasl_plain:
   driver = cyrus_sasl
   public_name = PLAIN
-  server_set_id = $auth1
+  server_set_id = $auth2
 .endd
 Cyrus SASL does implement the LOGIN authentication method, even though it is
 not a standard method. It is disabled by default in the source distribution,
@@ -23830,7 +23860,7 @@ dovecot_plain:
   driver = dovecot
   public_name = PLAIN
   server_socket = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client
-  server_set_id = $auth1
+  server_set_id = $auth2
 
 dovecot_ntlm:
   driver = dovecot