On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Mike's List wrote: > > Wait -- are you using sasldb, saslauthd with the rimap backend, or shadow > > password authentication (or some combination)? > > I'm using saslauthd, but saslauthd -a shows the below options, > uthentication mechanisms: getpwent pam rimap shadow ldap
If you're using saslauthd, that implies you know what backend you are using... Have you read the manpage which describes them? > > You almost certainly do not want the rimap backend, unless you are doing > > something very specific. > > I'm assuming I don't want shadow, I haven't installed pam or openldap so > pam/ldap is out. I tried getpwent, rimap and both did not work. Is sasldb > the recommended and default backend authentication dbase? I can't find it > or know how to access to use authentication. (I tried all mechanisms and > none worked.) If you are using sasldb, then you are *not* using saslauthd (or, atleast, you really really shouldn't be). You need to set sasl_pwcheck_method: auxprop in your imapd.conf. -Rob -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Rob Siemborski * Andrew Systems Group * Cyert Hall 207 * 412-268-7456 Research Systems Programmer * /usr/contributed Gatekeeper --- Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
