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Re: Retrieveuserdata plugin

by Hugo Monteiro-2 :: Rate this Message:

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Paul Lesniewski wrote:

> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 4:41 AM, Hugo Monteiro <hugo.monteiro@...> wrote:
>  
>> Hello list,
>>
>> I'm currently using the retrieve user data plugin, version 0.9, to
>> automatically get the users information from LDAP. From time to time i'm
>> getting complaints from users that say that suddenly they have found
>> their webmail account information changed to match another users
>> information, like the full name and email address. I haven't been able
>> to find a pattern until today.
>>
>> Today i got another of those complaints, but the user referred that the
>> information that he got in his webmail account was from a friend that
>> shared the same workstation as him.
>>    
>
> This is a known issue in SquirrelMail.  The first user needs to log
> out before the second user logs in.
>
>  
>> I was wondering if anyone using this plugin has experienced this type of
>> behaviour. I also noticed that this plugin isn't maintained anymore, and
>> i was wondering if there was any alternative to provide this feature.
>>    
>
> It's nothing to do with the plugin; it's a limitation of using
> SquirrelMail in the same browser with more than one account.
>
>  

Hello Paul,

Thank you for the prompt reply. I was wondering if there was anything
one could do to prevent this from happening, apart from educating the users.

TIA,

Hugo Monteiro.

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