OSI/MHS Management Programming Manual

Password Server Interfaces
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MPS Concepts and Components
Master Password Server Process
The Master Password Server process provides two major functions:
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Permitting a master user, with a corresponding “master password,” to perform
operations on the mailboxes of other users
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Validating user passwords in connection with MS Bind and Register-MS requests
from remote and local user agents
Once a master user is defined, either the master password or the APPL password can be
used for access to a mailbox, and the master user can perform any operation the mailbox
owner could perform, except to change the password. The master user can also bind to
its own mailbox, using its O/R name (for instance, to change the master password). For
security reasons, there are options to prohibit the master user from binding or registering
under its own name.
Figure 7-3. Master Password Server—Basic Configuration
Note. If the master user performs any fetch or list operations on another user's mailbox, then
the entry-status of the messages examined will be updated even though the owner of the
mailbox has not examined the messages.
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