Admin UI and zmprov incosistency

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Labsy
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Admin UI and zmprov incosistency

Post by Labsy »

Hi,

I do not know whether this is just my lack of knowledge or some issue related to upgrading to latest ZCS 8.8.6.

When I look via Admin UI to SERVER settings, I see checked/enabled IMAP and POP3 "Enable Clear Text Login".
Under GENERAL SETTINGS both are disabled. But Server settings should override general settings, right?

Now I reboot whole server and issue:

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zmprov gacf | grep zimbraImapCleartextLoginEnabled
zimbraImapCleartextLoginEnabled: FALSE
 zmprov gacf | grep zimbraPop3CleartextLoginEnabled
zimbraPop3CleartextLoginEnabled: FALSE
Now I am confused.
I actually would like to DISABLE cleartext login, but I do not know which settings are correct, those in Admin UI or those in LDAP.
Any hint?
irfan
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Re: Admin UI and zmprov incosistency

Post by irfan »

Hello,

To check the server settings you should use "zmprov gs SERVERNAME ATTRIBUTE" command. Your output shows only global configs.
Server settings takes precedence over global config, even though both configured.
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[Solved] Admin UI and zmprov incosistency

Post by Labsy »

Aha, thank you. It was actually my lack of knowledge.
So to sum up, query General settings and server settings:

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zimbra@servah:~$ zmprov gacf | grep zimbraPop3CleartextLoginEnabled
zimbraPop3CleartextLoginEnabled: FALSE
zimbra@servah:~$ zmprov gacf | grep zimbraImapCleartextLoginEnabled
zimbraImapCleartextLoginEnabled: FALSE
zimbra@servah:~$ zmprov gs servah.dom.com | grep zimbraImapCleartextLoginEnabled
zimbraImapCleartextLoginEnabled: TRUE
zimbra@servah:~$ zmprov gs servah.dom.com | grep zimbraPop3CleartextLoginEnabled
zimbraPop3CleartextLoginEnabled: TRUE
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