Apparently, sendmail (acting as an MUA) does local authentication first, then passes the credentials over to the server. After I'd installed the userid/password/realm into the MUA's SASL DB -- as well as the MTA;s SASL DB -- everything starting working.
fyi, for those of you who'd like to avoid the mortar joint imprint on the forehead that I now have. On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 21:05, Gerry Doris wrote: > On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, Eric White wrote: > > > I'm using RH7.3 with Sendmail 8.11.6-15, installed from RPMs (i.e., not > > compiled separately) > > > > I've got a sendmail MTA properly configured to require authentication. > > Watching log files and firing it up in foreground with various debug > > levels/categories makes me happy that it requires authentication the way > > I require. > > > > Now, I'm trying to use sendmail as an MUA on another RH7.3 host, > > expecting the two sendmails to talk to each other, but I can't get the > > client to send an expected userid@realm/pwd combination. No matter what > > I try, the sendmail client, exec'ed via > > > > cat /tmp/test.txt | /usr/sbin/sendmail -v -bm > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > simply sends an empty userid with the @localhost.localdomain as the > > realm name. I've got the following in sendmail.mc for the client: > > > > TRUST_AUTH_MECH(`LOGIN PLAIN GSSAPI KERBEROS_V4 DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5')dnl > > define(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS', `LOGIN PLAIN GSSAPI KERBEROS_V4 DIGEST-MD5 > > CRAM-MD5')dnl > > define(`confDEF_AUTH_INFO',`/etc/mail/default-auth-info')dnl > > > > > > and appropriate entries in /etc/mail/default-auth-info, with the > > permissions on this file set for root rw access only. > > > > No matter what I do, I can't seem to force the client to send over the > > userid@realm/pwd combination that I expect. > > > > what gives? > > Well, what did you put in /etc/mail/default-auth-info? It should look > something like this: > > username > username > password > hostname_of_sendmail_server_you're_trying_to_connect_to > > The username/password must be a valid account on the server you're trying > to connect to. I'd use fetchmail to log onto the remote account just to > be certain I hadn't messed up with a typo. > > I'm sure you've done it but I've been known to forget...run the m4 macro > to rebuild sendmail.cf and restart the sendmail server. Also, you really > did name the file /etc/mail/default-auth-info (dashes and not underscores, > no capitals). > > -- > Gerry > > "The lyfe so short, the craft so long to learne" Chaucer > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
