--- cyrus-imapd-2.3.13/lib/libcyr_cfg.h.authid_normalize	2008-07-30 18:03:39.000000000 +0200
+++ cyrus-imapd-2.3.13/lib/libcyr_cfg.h	2009-01-13 11:41:59.000000000 +0100
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@
     CYRUSOPT_BERKELEY_TXNS_MAX,
     /* RFC 2086 right which allows DELETE ("c") */
     CYRUSOPT_DELETERIGHT,
+    /* Lowercase uid and strip leading and trailing blanks (OFF) */
+    CYRUSOPT_NORMALIZEUID,
     /* SQL database */
     CYRUSOPT_SQL_DATABASE,
     /* SQL engine ("mysql") */
--- cyrus-imapd-2.3.13/lib/auth_unix.c.authid_normalize	2009-01-13 11:38:08.000000000 +0100
+++ cyrus-imapd-2.3.13/lib/auth_unix.c	2009-01-13 11:38:08.000000000 +0100
@@ -155,10 +155,12 @@
 size_t len;
 {
     static char retbuf[81];
+    char backup[81];
     struct group *grp;
     char sawalpha;
     char *p;
     int username_tolower = 0;
+    int ic,rbc;
 
     if(!len) len = strlen(identifier);
     if(len >= sizeof(retbuf)) return NULL;
@@ -210,6 +212,22 @@
     /* now we don't */
     /* if (!sawalpha) return NULL;  */
 
+    if( (libcyrus_config_getswitch(CYRUSOPT_NORMALIZEUID) == 1) ) {
+        strcpy(backup,retbuf);
+       /* remove leading blanks */
+       for(ic=0; isblank(backup[ic]); ic++);
+       for(rbc=0; backup[ic]; ic++) {
+            retbuf[rbc] = ( isalpha(backup[ic]) ?
+                 tolower(backup[ic]) : backup[ic] );
+            rbc++;
+       }
+       retbuf[rbc] = '\0';
+       /* remove trailing blanks */
+       for(--rbc; isblank(retbuf[rbc]); rbc--) {
+            retbuf[rbc] = '\0';
+       }
+    }
+
     return retbuf;
 }
 
--- cyrus-imapd-2.3.13/lib/imapoptions.authid_normalize	2009-01-13 11:38:08.000000000 +0100
+++ cyrus-imapd-2.3.13/lib/imapoptions	2009-01-13 11:38:08.000000000 +0100
@@ -1182,6 +1182,11 @@
    interface, otherwise the user is assumed to be in the default
    domain (if set). */
 
+{ "normalizeuid", 0, SWITCH }
+/* Lowercase uid and strip leading and trailing blanks. It is recommended
+   to set this to yes, especially if OpenLDAP is used as authentication
+   source. */
+
 /*
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .PP
--- cyrus-imapd-2.3.13/lib/libcyr_cfg.c.authid_normalize	2008-07-30 18:03:38.000000000 +0200
+++ cyrus-imapd-2.3.13/lib/libcyr_cfg.c	2009-01-13 11:38:08.000000000 +0100
@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@
       CFGVAL(long, 0),
       CYRUS_OPT_SWITCH },
 
+    { CYRUSOPT_NORMALIZEUID,
+      CFGVAL(long, 1),
+      CYRUS_OPT_SWITCH },
+
+
     { CYRUSOPT_LAST, { NULL }, CYRUS_OPT_NOTOPT }
 };