You'll probably need to create /etc/pam.d/smtp and /etc/pam.d/smtpd, both containing the following:
#%PAM-1.0 auth required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth account required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth These will allow the smtp and smtpd systems to authenticate against pam. On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, William Wong wrote: > Hi there, > > I've looked through the list archives but the suggestions don't seem to help > my problem. It goes like this... > > I'm using the default packages that come with the redhat 7.3 distribution > for postfix & sasl. (sasl came preinstalled with the "server" type > configuration). I then installed the source RPM for postfix and enabled > SASL in the spec file, compiled the package and isntalled it. I've created > entries using saslpasswd and added the necessary options in main.cf for > postfix to enable sasl (notably the enable). I've confirmed this by > telnet'n to port 25 and sending a ehlo mydomain.com. It doest respond with > PLAIN/CRAM/etc as auth methods. > > However I don't know why postfix will NOT authenticate. > > To be sure I've made the sasldb file world readable (to test), however in > the maillog file it says there's an SASL authentication failure. > > The suggetions I've seen on this list were: Go DL some guy's RPMs, or > recompile postfix with SASL. Well I don't see the need to DL someone else's > RPMS when redhat has provided the sources already and I've already compiled > postfix with SASL enabled. > > Can anyone offer any light to this problem? > > Thanks in advance! > > Regards, > - Will > > > > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
