try cyradm -user username -auth plain localhost let me know what you get ...
------------------------------------------------- Moti www.flncs.com ------------------------------------------------- be careful what you wish for ... ------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernie Berg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 10:50 AM Subject: cyradm error (...authentication failed) > Hello, > I am trying to get virtual email domains running with postfix and > cyrus. I installed them both from I apt. I haven't gotten very far and > am now getting errors when trying to use cyradm. It seems like this is > a somewhat common error according to my googleing, but I have not been > able to find a solution. I running woody with the woody apt sources. > > I added a cyrus user to the sasldb via: > > # echo password | saslpasswd -p -c cyrus > > I checked the /var/log/auth.log and it tells me: > > saslpasswd: PLAIN: set secret for cyrus > > so it looks like it is set right. but when I use cyradm I get the following: > > # cyradm -u cyrus localhost > localhost password: > application-spacific initialization failed: authentication failed > % > > So, what could I be doing wrong? Here is my imapd.conf if it will help: > > # Debian Cyrus imapd.conf > # See imapd.conf(5) for more information > > # Configuration directory > configdirectory: /var/lib/cyrus > > # Which partition to use for default mailboxes > defaultpartition: default > partition-default: /var/spool/cyrus/mail > > # News setup > partition-news: /var/spool/cyrus/news > newsspool: /var/spool/news > > # Uncomment the following and add the space-separated users who > # have admin rights > admins: cyrus mailadmin > > # No anonymous logins > allowanonymouslogin: no > > # Minimum time between POP mail fetches in minutes > popminpoll: 1 > > # umask used by Cyrus programs > umask: 077 > > #sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd > pwcheck_method= sasldb > > > If you notice those last two lines, I have tried with and without both > with the same result. I also created a real user named cyrus and game > it rights to sasldb... and tried all of the above logged in as cyrus. > > any ideas? > > thanks a million! > > -- > Bernie Berg | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Network Administrator | Office:(605)362-6361 > Circa Design Company | Cell:(605)359-2237 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
