problem solved :) user cyrus has to be member of sasl to be able to read /var/run/saslauthd
greetings rolf > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Rolf > Suennen > Gesendet: Freitag, 5. Dezember 2003 18:48 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: generic failure at /usr/lib/perl5/Cyrus/IMAP/Admin.pm line 118 > > > > hi everybody, > i try to install cyrus (Cyrus IMAP4 v2.1.13-IPv6-Debian-2.1.13-2) > from a debian package and still have a problem to connect to > cyradm using "cyradm --user cyrus --auth login --server localhost". > > i receive this error: > Login failed: generic failure at > /usr/lib/perl5/Cyrus/IMAP/Admin.pm line 118 > cyradm: cannot authenticate to server with mech login as user cyrus > > i'am using saslauthd / pam. > > i have a test-util (/usr/sbin/testsaslauthd) that tells me sasl2 is > running fine - that meens the authentification of the user 'cyrus' > using pam against saslauthd seems to be ok. > > imapd.conf: > =========== > allowplaintext: yes > sasl_mech_list: PLAIN > sasl_minimum_layer: 0 > sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd > sasl_auto_transition: no > > > syslog > ====== > Dec 5 18:30:03 cfmxdb cyrus/imapd[691]: accepted connection > Dec 5 18:30:06 cfmxdb cyrus/imapd[691]: badlogin: cfmxdb[127.0.0.1] > plaintext cyrus SASL(-1): generic failure: checkpass failed > > > auth.log: > ========= > Dec 5 18:29:55 cfmxdb perl: No worthy mechs found > Dec 5 18:30:06 cfmxdb cyrus/imapd[691]: cannot connect to > saslauthd server: > Connection refused > > > anyone any hints ? > T.I.A. !!! > > greets > rolf > >