On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 02:56:51PM -0400, Victor Duchovni wrote: > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 01:38:11PM -0500, Jay G. Scott wrote: > > > --------------------- > > /etc/postfix/main.cf snippet: > > --------------------- > > > > smtpd_sasl_path = smtpd > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > now, > > "smtpd_sasl_path = smtpd" > > means this (right?): > > when cyrus-sasl-2.1.23 was configged: > > configure --sysconfdir=/some/path/etc > > smtpd_sasl_path ==> /some/path/etc/smtpd.conf > > right? > > because i don't see that being opened. i truss saslauthd on startup: > > > > jmail1# truss -f -o /tmp/fff $TOP/sbin/saslauthd -a shadow -m > > /var/run/saslauthdjmail1# grep open /tmp/fff > > Well, it is not saslauthd that reads smtpd.conf. How would it know to do > that? It is not the Postfix "smtpd" service.
splutter. you're right, of course. > > To configure the location of the Cyrus config file for smtpd, use: > > cyrus_sasl_config_path = /some/path/etc that didn't work for me, FWIW. trussing the postfix daemons showed me where it was looking for the file, so i appeased it and put the file there. thanks. i'm satisified w/ my workaround, and not curious enough to pursue why the cyrus_... didn't work. j. > > you don't need to set this in the SASL library at compile time. > > -- > Viktor. > > Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. > Please do not ignore the "Reply-To" header. > > To unsubscribe from the postfix-users list, visit > http://www.postfix.org/lists.html or click the link below: > <mailto:majord...@postfix.org?body=unsubscribe%20postfix-users> > > If my response solves your problem, the best way to thank me is to not > send an "it worked, thanks" follow-up. If you must respond, please put > "It worked, thanks" in the "Subject" so I can delete these quickly. -- Jay Scott 512-835-3553 g...@arlut.utexas.edu Head of Sun Support, Sr. Operating Systems Specialist Applied Research Labs, Computer Science Div. S224 University of Texas at Austin
