I appreciate any help someone could offer with my problem outlined below. I am trying to convert my system from using imap-uw to cyrus. imap-uw was working fine until about 3 weeks ago when out of the blue it just stopped allowing anyone to authenticate. After trying to fix that problem was unsuccessful, I thought it would be better to upgrade to cyrus.
I am running FreeBSD 4.7 and installed cyrus-imapd-2.1.12 from the port tree using make install. I am loosely trying to follow the instructions in the (outdated) cyrus FAQ and everything that is mentioned seems good.. I ran mkimap successfully. The directions then ask to run chattr +S on several files. I don't know what the FreeBSD equivalent would be for a chattr +S, so I skipped this step. In section 8.2 of the FAQ - testing, I was able to successfully test the server at one point, however it now appears it doesn't like my password... hummm. In section 8.3 of the FAQ, when I issue the command cyradm 'localhost' I receive the following reply: 'cyradm: cannot authenticate to server with as cyrus' That seems to be where I am stuck. I am running a default configuration, I have not changed any of the settings. I did some searching through the list archives, and my sasl_pwcheck_method is set to saslauthd. On a final note, I am able to log in and authenticate using an IMAP client and a system account - but I do not have ANY folders to read mail from. NOTE: I have folders and messages saved in folders from when I was using imap-uw - I'd like to save that data... can I? (I have the files) I cannot seem to make any headway on this and appreciate anyone's help and input. Thanks. -Eric me (at) ericclemens.com
