John Fawcett:
> On 31/12/2021 10:36, Doug Denault wrote:
> > This is a postfix/cyrus/mysql system running in a FreeBSD jail. It is
> > (as far as I can make it) identical to a bare metal with the same
> > configuration. Delivery & reading email works fine, the jailed system
> > will not send email failing with:
> >
> > cyrus postfix/smtpd[51745]: warning: SASL: Connect to smtpd failed: No
> > such file or directory
> > cyrus postfix/smtpd[51745]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms
>
> The warning message (at least in the latest version of postfix) is given
> only for smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot, so seems that dovecot SASL is
> configured, not cyrus SASL and postfix is interpreting "smtpd" which is
> your smtpd_sasl_path setting as the dovecot socket path to connect to
> for authentication.
That message neewds to be improved. As of Postfix 3.7 it will be:
warning: SASL: Connect to Dovecot auth socket 'smtpd' failed: ...
which would save some head scratching.
Wietse
