* LuKreme <krem...@kreme.com>: > On 18-Mar-2009, at 02:38, Patrick Ben Koetter wrote: >> * LuKreme <krem...@kreme.com>: >>> path to which socket there? >>> >>> $ ls -ls /var/run/saslauthd/ >>> total 2 >>> 0 srwxrwxrwx 1 root postfix 0 Mar 17 03:52 mux >> >> mux it is. > > Starting saslauthd. > saslauthd[91067] :main : could not chdir to: /var/run/ > saslauthd/mux > saslauthd[91067] :main : chdir: No such file or directory > saslauthd[91067] :main : Check to make sure the directory > exists and is > saslauthd[91067] :main : writeable by the user this process > runs as. > > If I set it to /var/run/saslauthd/ it starts up > > root 91078 0.0 0.3 5168 1924 ?? Is 8:24AM 0:00.01 /usr/ > local/sbin/saslauthd -a pam -m /var/run/saslauthd/ > >> pwcheck_method: saslauthd >> mech_list: plain login >> >> >> Read it this way: libsasl use saslauthd to process authentication. >> saslauthd >> use PAM as backend. PAM use PAM mysql as backend ... > > Ok, but I still get: > > submit-tls/smtpd[91093]: Anonymous TLS connection established from > c-67-164-162-51.hsd1.co.comcast.net[67.164.162.51]: TLSv1 with cipher > AES128-SHA (128/128 bits) > submit-tls/smtpd[91093]: warning: SASL authentication failure: Can only > find author (no password)
The client doesn't seem to send a password. > submit-tls/smtpd[91093]: warning: > c-67-164-162-51.hsd1.co.comcast.net[67.164.162.51]: SASL PLAIN > authentication failed: bad protocol / cancel > submit-tls/smtpd[91093]: lost connection after AUTH from > c-67-164-162-51.hsd1.co.comcast.net[67.164.162.51] > > Is there anyway to test sasl locally and verbosely so that I can get a > better idea of what's going on. Something like authtest for courier? testsaslauthd > Looking a lot I see that most people are creating a plaintext password > field for the mysql database, I assume to get around this exact issue. > > Is dovecot better in this regard? Easier, yes. I recommend Dovecot unless there's a feature in Cyrus IMAP you need. p...@rick -- The Book of Postfix <http://www.postfix-book.com> saslfinger (debugging SMTP AUTH): <http://postfix.state-of-mind.de/patrick.koetter/saslfinger/>
