ahem, I inadvertently (but successfully) deleted /etc/pam.d/smtp.postfix, and, I'm trying to recreate it:
I'm getting 'generic failure' as below how can I troubleshoot what am I missing ? pam.d]# cat smtp.postfix auth required pam_mysql.so user=postfix passwd=xxx host=127.0.0.1 db=postfix table=mailbox usercolumn=username passwdcolumn=password crypt=1 md5=1 account sufficient pam_mysql.so user=postfix passwd=xxx host=127.0.0.1 db=postfix table=mailbox usercolumn=username passwdcolumn=password crypt=1 md5=1 ---------------------------------- | Tables_in_postfix | | admin | | alias | | config | | domain | | domain_admins | | fetchmail | | log | | mailbox | -------------------------------------------- Apr 6 22:28:50 postfix/smtpd[24015]: TLS connection established from CPE-124-184-253-224.lns14.cht.bigpond.net.au[124.184.253.224]: SSLv3 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits) Apr 6 22:28:50 postfix/smtpd[24015]: warning: SASL authentication failure: cannot connect to saslauthd server: Connection refused Apr 6 22:28:50 postfix/smtpd[24015]: warning: SASL authentication failure: Password verification failed Apr 6 22:28:50 postfix/smtpd[24015]: warning: CPE-124-184-253-224.lns14.cht.bigpond.net.au[124.184.253.224]: SASL PLAIN authentication failed: generic failure Apr 6 22:28:50 postfix/smtpd[24015]: warning: SASL authentication failure: cannot connect to saslauthd server: Connection refused Apr 6 22:28:50 postfix/smtpd[24015]: warning: SASL authentication failure: Password verification failed Apr 6 22:28:50 postfix/smtpd[24015]: warning: CPE-124-184-253-224.lns14.cht.bigpond.net.au[124.184.253.224]: SASL PLAIN authentication failed: generic failure Apr 6 22:28:50 postfix/smtpd[24015]: lost connection after AUTH from CPE-124-184-253-224.lns14.cht.bigpond.net.au[124.184.253.224] Apr 6 22:28:50 postfix/smtpd[24015]: disconnect from CPE-124-184-253-224.lns14.cht.bigpond.net.au[124.184.253.224] -- Voytek
