Hello, I installed via SuSE .rpm:
cyrus-imap 2.0.16 cyrus-sasl 1.5.24 I seem to have a problem of authentication: after making: lx93: passwd cyrus lx93: saslpasswd cyrus then: lx93:~ # imtest -u cyrus -m login localhost C: C01 CAPABILITY S: * OK lx93 Cyrus IMAP4 v2.0.16 server ready S: * CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 ACL QUOTA LITERAL+ NAMESPACE UIDPLUS ID NO_ATOMIC_RENAME UNSELECT MULTIAPPEND SORT THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES IDLE AUTH=ANONYMOUS AUTH=LOGIN AUTH=PLAIN X-NETSCAPE S: C01 OK Completed Password: C: L01 LOGIN root {7} + go ahead C: <omitted> L01 NO Login failed: authentication failure Authentication failed. generic failure Security strength factor: 0 .. logout lx93:~ # **** !!! AUTHENTICATION FAILURE !!! ***** If I want to enter a password for a user I have the following: lx93:~ # saslpasswd abarthel Password: Again (for verification): saslpasswd: generic failure ****!!! GENERIC FAILURE !!! **** /etc/sasldb remains desperately empty ======================== /etc/imapd: configdirectory: /var/imap partition-default: /var/spool/imap admins: cyrus allowanonymouslogin: no autocreatequota: 10000 reject8bit: no quotawarn: 90 timeout: 30 poptimeout: 10 dracinterval: 0 drachost: localhost sasl_pwcheck_method: pam >>>>> ????? ====================================== Where could be the problem? Where to check? Thanks Alain