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====Problem====
====Problem====
* Users those are Ability to Enable or Disable login using Alias account. 
How to allow or disallow alias account to login to the webmail, IMAP, etc?


====Solution====
====Solution====
Execute the below command on the respective mailbox server to check the current status first. It will show TRUE or FALSE.
* Execute the below command on the respective mailbox server to check the current status first. It will show TRUE or FALSE.
<pre> zmlocalconfig alias_login_enabled
<pre> zmlocalconfig alias_login_enabled
</pre>
</pre>


Execute the below command to disallow login to alias account.  
* Execute the below command to disallow login to alias account, for security reasons, this is the recommended setting.  
<pre> zmlocalconfig -e alias_login_enabled=false </pre>
<pre> zmlocalconfig -e alias_login_enabled=false </pre>


Execute the below command to allow login to alias account  
* Execute the below command to allow login to alias account  
<pre> zmlocalconfig -e alias_login_enabled=true </pre>
<pre> zmlocalconfig -e alias_login_enabled=true </pre>


After making False/True, make sure to restart mailbox services.
* Once done with the above changes make sure to restart the mailbox services.
<pre> zmmailboxdctl restart</pre>
<pre> zmmailboxdctl restart</pre>
 
* If alias login is disabled and still somebody tries to login using alias account the log entry will show like follows in /opt/zimbra/log/audit.log  
Refer /opt/zimbra/log/audit.log, upon login using alias account the log entry should show something like this.
<pre> 2021-06-28 23:14:25,104 WARN  [qtp1225197672-333://localhost:8080/service/soap/BatchRequest] [name=alias-user@example.com;oip=xx.xx.xx.xx;ua=zclient/8.8.15_GA_3991;soapId=c2df7e2;]
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security - cmd=Auth account=original-user@example.com; protocol=soap; error=authentication failed for [alias-user@example.com], alias login not enabled.;</pre>
2021-06-28 23:14:25,104 WARN  [qtp1225197672-333://localhost:8080/service/soap/BatchRequest] [name=alias-user@example.com;oip=172.16.7.54;ua=zclient/8.8.15_GA_3991;soapId=c2df7e2;] security - cmd=Auth;
account=original-user@example.com; protocol=soap; error=authentication failed for [alias-user@example.com], alias login not enabled.;
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How to enable or disable login using alias account?

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Problem

How to allow or disallow alias account to login to the webmail, IMAP, etc?

Solution

  • Execute the below command on the respective mailbox server to check the current status first. It will show TRUE or FALSE.
 zmlocalconfig alias_login_enabled
  • Execute the below command to disallow login to alias account, for security reasons, this is the recommended setting.
 zmlocalconfig -e alias_login_enabled=false 
  • Execute the below command to allow login to alias account
 zmlocalconfig -e alias_login_enabled=true 
  • Once done with the above changes make sure to restart the mailbox services.
 zmmailboxdctl restart
  • If alias login is disabled and still somebody tries to login using alias account the log entry will show like follows in /opt/zimbra/log/audit.log
 2021-06-28 23:14:25,104 WARN  [qtp1225197672-333://localhost:8080/service/soap/BatchRequest] [name=alias-user@example.com;oip=xx.xx.xx.xx;ua=zclient/8.8.15_GA_3991;soapId=c2df7e2;]  
 security - cmd=Auth account=original-user@example.com; protocol=soap; error=authentication failed for [alias-user@example.com], alias login not enabled.;


Submitted by: Amol Mistry
Verified Against: ZCS 8.8 Date Created: 2021-06-24
Article ID: https://wiki.zimbra.com/index.php?title=Disable_alias_login Date Modified: 2024-02-22



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