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Re: Retrieveuserdata plugin

by Paul Lesniewski :: Rate this Message:

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On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Hugo Monteiro <hugo.monteiro@...> wrote:

> 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.

Nope, sorry.  Not currently.

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