Great!!! It works!! Thank you so much!!!! :D btw, is there any other auth method besides plain?
On Monday 13 May 2002 8:39 pm, Alexandre Suter wrote: > I've had similar problems with Cyrus 2.1.4 and PAM authentification. > > Here is how it works now: > > in imapd.conf: > sasl_pwcheck_method: pwcheck > (that requires the pwcheck daemon running) > > and to use cyradm: > $ cyradm --user cyrus --auth plain localhost > > maybe you should try this... > > did you try to login using pop ? > > here is an example: > > mail:/ # telnet localhost pop3 > Connected to localhost. > Escape character is '^]'. > +OK mailserver Cyrus POP3 v2.1.4 server ready > <1669253611.1021282381@mailserver> > user cyrus > +OK Name is a valid mailbox > pass mypassword > -ERR [SYS/PERM] Unable to open maildrop > quit > +OK > Connection closed by foreign host. > mail:/ # > > This helped me to locate the errors source. Here there is an error > because the user cyrus doesn't have an Imap mailbox, but there is no > user/authentification error. > > > Best regards, > > Alexandre Suter > > Scott M Likens wrote: > > How about /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog. Either one of those > > files > > > > I'm looking for what syslogd is logging, because Cyrus should be > > giving error messages and we need to find out what those are. > > > > Saslauthd is required for PAM authentication, LDAP, etc etc. Unless > > you use the DB plaintext file /etc/sasldb2 you are required to run the > > 'pw check daemon' which in SASLv2 is saslauthd. > > > > I'm assuming you are using LDAP still, so you would do saslauthd -a pam > > > > Althought you can try 2.1.3-BETA's LDAP support built in. Might work > > better. > > > > > > > > --On Monday, May 13, 2002 8:30 AM +0800 Jim Worke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > >> So sorry. I'm new to cyrus imap. > >> > >> My log is empty (I'm looking at /var/imap/log directory and > >> /var/log/imapd.log file. In Redhat, I can't find /var/adm directory). > >> And I don't know how to increase the debug level. That's why I don't > >> know what's happenning...... > >> > >> I didn't have saslauthd running. I followed the Cyrus-IMAP HowTo and > >> there's no mention about this? > >> > >> On Monday 13 May 2002 7:50 am, Scott M Likens wrote: > >>> Can you please give us more detail. > >>> > >>> Like how about what error messages in /var/adm/messages > >>> > >>> Why did it fail to authenticate, no saslauthd running, unable to > >>> access a > >>> directory... > >>> what? > >>> > >>> --On Monday, May 13, 2002 7:35 AM +0800 Jim Worke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> > >>> wrote: > >>> > I've set up my RedHat 7.3 box with LDAP, authenticating users > >>> > >>> through > >>> > >>> > PAM. I've created the cyrus user in /etc/passwd (as with my > >>> > >>> postfix, > >>> > >>> > root etc users). > >>> > > >>> > I've changed cyrus's password (but not sasldbpasswd, because I don't > >>> > use /etc/sasldb. I authenticate through PAM). > >>> > > >>> > Here's my /etc/imapd.conf: > >>> > configdirectory: /var/imap > >>> > partition-default: /var/spool/imap > >>> > admins: cyrus > >>> > allowanonymouslogin: no > >>> > > >>> ># To use the PAM for authentication (but not /etc/passwd or shadow), > >>> > change # the following line to specify "pam" instead of "sasldb". > >>> > sasl_pwcheck_method: pam > >>> > > >>> > When I run (as user cyrus) "cyradm localhost", it gives me an error: > >>> > cyradm: cannot authenticate to server with as cyrus > >>> > > >>> > Did I miss something?
