Hi all,
OK, so I have installed and started cyrus-imapd onto my redhat box. I have
then edited the imapd.conf file and added an additional user as an admin. I
am being stupid now..(I think) because I am unable to login via web-cyradm
interface or via the cyradm command line over telnet, via telnet, here is
the error message I receive. Can someone tell me what I may have missed?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] nward]$ cyradm localhost
IMAP Password:
Login failed: generic failure at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i3
86-linux/Cyrus/IMAP/Admin.pm line 118
cyradm: cannot authenticate to server with as nward
-----Original Message-----
From: Wil Cooley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: July 26, 2003 3:41 PM
To: Norris Ward
Cc: cyrus info
Subject: Re: Newbie Cyrus Configuration
On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 12:16, Norris Ward wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am new to cyrus imap but I can navigate my way around RedHat
> 7.3 fairly well. I want to reconfigure my email server away from
imap-2001.
> Where does cyrus-imap store it’s config files?
Typically, /etc/{config,imapd}.conf. If you're using RH, use Simon
Matter's RPMs at http://home.teleport.ch/simix/. He has RPMs built for
7.2 and 8/9. I've rebuilt them on 7.3 and they're available at
http://ftp.nakedape.cc/nakedape/rh73/rpm/. Note that I have a couple
different options set by default than he does.
You'll also need Cyrus-SASL 2, for which he also has 7.2 RPMs and I have
re-built them on 7.3.
> Also from my readings of the
> cyrus info, I would like to clarify this: can cyrus read the pam_db of my
> system to authenticate users that already exist?
Yes, but this is Cyrus SASL's job, not Cyrus IMAP's.
> Also can cyrus be
> configured to store users’ mail files in their ~home dirs?
No. Cyrus IMAP uses it's own database mailbox storage, which cannot be
directly accessed by mail clients. If this is a problem and you don't
need the enterprise capabilities Cyrus provides, I'd suggest you look
into Dovecot.
Wil
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