Disable alias login
How to enable or disable login using alias account?
Problem
How to allow or disallow alias account to login to the webmail?
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.
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 |
