PTLOADER(8)

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version 3.12.3 · 4 versions
, in ubuntu stonking

💖 ptloader — the Cyrus IMAP girlies' guide 💖

okay so you found the ptloader page, section 8 of the manual, and bestie, it's lowkey a whole vibe. it's Cyrus IMAP documentation, and the official subtitle is "The AFS & LDAP pts server loader service" — say that three times fast, i dare you 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ptloader [-d]

that's it. that's the whole thing. iconic minimalism, honestly. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so ptloader is the little guy that goes and talks to your authorization service — which is either AFS or LDAP, not both, pick a lane bestie — and brings back all the group membership info for Cyrus. like a lil messenger fairy 🧚 carrying group info back home.

the way it works: when you've got auth_mech: pts set in imapd.conf(5), ptloader will then go bother the backend you named in the pts_module setting. and that setting is currently either afs or ldap, so those are your two options, no cap.

also super important, don't skip this: ptloader reads all its config options straight out of the imapd.conf(5) file, and it does not accept the -C option. nope. not a thing. don't try it. 🙈

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -d — run ptloader in debugging mode. that's the one option. the entire menu. go off king. 🔥

🎀 FILES 🎀

  • /etc/imapd.conf

that's the config file right there, do not lose it, she lives at /etc/imapd.conf periodt 💜

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go read that one too, iykyk, it's where all the config lore lives ⭐

👑 AUTHOR 👑

The Cyrus Team, Nic Bernstein (Onlight) — giving main character energy since forever, we stan 🌈

1993–2026, The Cyrus Team — that's a long reign, genuinely legendary 👑

ok that's the whole page bestie!! every single detail is in there, nothing skipped, no cap 💖 the version is 3.12.3, it was dated Jul 15, 2026, and it's PTLOADER(8) forever and always. now go configure your authorization service and slay ✨🫶
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