hello . i've installed - cyrus-sasl-1.5.24 => ./configure --disable-krb4 --disable-gssapi --disable-cram --disable-digest - -enable-pwcheck - openldap-2.0.7 => ./configure --with-cyrus-sasl - cyrus-imapd-2.0.12 => ./configure --with-dbdir=/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.3.2 --with-openssl=/usr/local/ope nssl-0.9.6 i'v an admin cyrus user in openldap , my /etc/imap.conf : configdirectory: /var/imap partition-default: /var/spool/imap admins: philou sasl_pwcheck_method: pam my /usr/lib/sasl/Cyrus.conf (which is a link to /usr/local/lib/sasl/Cyrus.conf) : pwcheck_method:PAM i run slapd , cyrus : /usr/cyrus/bin/master & => cyradm -u philou zarma Please enter your password: IMAP Password: Login failed: no mechanism available at /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux/Cyrus/IMAP/Admin.pm line 78 cyradm: cannot authenticate to server with as philou you see , i've two autentification .. the fist perhaps for openldap . , the second for IMAP . what's wrong in perl mechanism ?? my syslog : Mar 4 12:58:48 zarma master[6445]: about to exec /usr/cyrus/bin/imapd Mar 4 12:58:48 zarma service-imapd[6445]: executed Mar 4 12:58:48 zarma imapd[6445]: accepted connection Mar 4 12:58:50 zarma imapd[6445]: badlogin: zarma[192.168.1.1] PLAIN no mechanism available Mar 4 12:58:57 zarma master[6275]: process 6445 exited, status 0 Can i launch cyrus 2.0.12 via inetd ?? can you help me please ?? By .