OS: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Server Postfix version: 2.11.0-1ubuntu1 Cyrus SASL Version: 2.1.25.dfsg1-17build1
I am unable to authenticate users using Postfix and Cyrus SASL. SASL appears to be correctly configured: sudo testsaslauthd -u test -p test 0: OK "Success." However when I perform a telnet to port 587 I receive the following: 535 5.7.8 Error: authentication failed: authentication failure I've configured the file "/etc/postfix/sasl/smtpd.conf" with the following: pwcheck_method: saslauthd mech_list: PLAIN LOGIN I've also placed a "smtpd.conf" file in "/usr/lib/sasl2" as well. I've also added the "postfix" user to the "/etc/group" "sasl" group member. I've searched the Internet high and low and I'm unable to find any reason for the failure. Using "-vvv" in the "master.conf" file doesn't reveal any useful information in the log files. Is there any additional logging I can enable to track down this problem (lack of logging is really frustrating).