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> I am in the process of setting up postfix 2.9.6, postgrey, and dovecot
> 2.1.7 on a clean install of Debian wheezy 7.6 AMD. I'm doing this very
> systematically in a VirtualBox virtual machine, which lets me experiment
> and screw up the settings, since I just recreate the VM if I makes things
> unusable.
>
> I've gotten to the point that postfix, postgrey, and dovecot all work just
> fine. I can send & receive eMails (relaying outgoing mail through my
> comcast account). However, I'm stuck on setting up SASL authorization for
> incoming SMTP connections. Up until the time I try to implement SASL
> authorization, I can successfully telnet into the system for SMTP and IMAP
> connections. Once I try to start SASL authorization it all goes horribly
> wrong.
>
> I can't even get SMTP to work.
>
> #telnet localhost 25
> Trying ::1...
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> Connection closed by foreign host.
>
> /var/log/mail.info shows:
> Oct 5 14:29:31 VMailServerTest postfix/smtpd[16181]: connect from
> localhost[127.0.0.1]
> Oct 5 14:29:31 VMailServerTest postfix/smtpd[16181]: warning: SASL:
> Connect to private/auth failed: Permission denied
Postfix smtpd daemon cannot write to dovecot's socket. Either because the
perms are wrong or because the socket belongs to the wrong user.
Try this in dovecot's 10-master.conf:
unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
mode = 0600
user = postfix
group = postfix
}
p@rick
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