I would check to ensure that /etc/sasldb is in the list of files.
That or whatever file it is that holds the accounts for Cyrus
to authenticate against. I'm not an expert, but I thought I'd
give it a shot.
-- Michael --
> I have 2 cyrus servers. The first one is on line the second one is for
> the backup. Every night I stop the server on line, I tar all the files
> and copy them on the other server with the same protection/owner/group
>
> When I try to make a connection on the backup server I can't :
>
> telnet localhost 143
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.localdomain.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> * OK lituf8.tuf.telintrans.fr Cyrus IMAP4 v2.0.11 server ready
> . login cyrus passwd
> . NO Login failed: user not found.
>
> If I change the password, it's good I can read all my mail.
>
> I suppose I forget to make something but I don't know what ?
>
> Thks for yr help.
>
> Jean-Marc
>
> PS : this my script :
>
> #!/bin/sh
> # sauve-imap.sh
>
> # stop servers
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail stop
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/cyrus stop
>
> # tar imap
> /bin/tar cvzf /var/tmp/var-imap.tgz /var/imap/
> /bin/tar cvzf /var/tmp/spool-imap.tgz /var/spool/imap/
>
> # copy files
> /usr/bin/rcp /etc/cyrus.conf lituf8.tlt:/etc/cyrus.conf
> /usr/bin/rcp /etc/imapd.conf lituf8.tlt:/etc/imapd.conf
> /usr/bin/rcp /etc/mail/sendmail.cf lituf8.tlt:/etc/mail/sendmail.cf
> /usr/bin/rcp /etc/mail/sendmail.mc lituf8.tlt:/etc/mail/sendmail.mc
> /usr/bin/rcp /etc/sasldb lituf8.tlt:/etc/sasldb
> /rcp/bin/rcp /usr/lib/sasl/cyrus.conf lituf8.tlt:/usr/lib/sasl/cyrus.conf
>
> # start sendmail/cyrus
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail start
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/cyrus start
>
>