> I had a working cyrus-imapd installation and had successfully added > an account in the following way. > > # First set password for cyrus account > saslpasswd cyrus
With your config below, I don't thing you are using sasldb. So why set a password in sasldb/sasldb2? > > # Using the cyrus account i initially used the command line below to > create an initial account. > cyradm -u cyrus mydomain.com > mydomain>cm myself With your config below, I think you may wynt to create a mailbox with cm user.myself > mydomain>exit > > # Today i attempted to create another mailbox and got the following > error. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ cyradm -user cyrus mydomain.com I'm quite sure you have changed your config now. > IMAP Password: > Login failed: authentication failure at /usr/lib/perl5/ > site_perl/5.8.6/i686-linux/Cyrus/IMAP/Admin.pm line 118 > cyradm: cannot authenticate to server with as cyrus > > # The /var/log/messages file just reiterates the failure to > authenticate so really doesn't tell me anything i didn't know And what does it tell you? In fact I don't think anybody can help you with this kind of information. Simon > > # I have reset/recreated the cyrus account and password with the > saslpasswd2 command but i continue to get the error above though i > know i am using the correct password i just can't authenticate to the > server mydomain.com > > Can anyone give me some pointers as to what might need to be done in > order for me to be able to login to mydomain.com using the cyrus > account? > > Here is my /etc/imapd.conf > > # Use this if sieve-scripts could be in ~user/.sieve. > #sieveusehomedir: yes > > # Use saslauthd if you want to use pam for imap. > # But be warned: login with DIGEST-MD5 or CRAM-MD5 > # is not possible using pam. > sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd > lmtp_downcase_rcpt: yes > > #################################################### > ## This is a recommended authentication method if you > ## emerge cyrus-sasl with 'postgres' or 'mysql' > ## To use with mysql database uncomment those lines below. > > #sasl_pwcheck_method: auxprop > #sasl_auxprop_plugin: sql > > ## possible values for sasl_auxprop_plugin 'mysql', 'pgsql', 'sqlite'. > #sasl_sql_engine: mysql > > ## all possible values. > sasl_mech_list: PLAIN > ## or limit to CRAM-MD5 only > #sasl_mech_list: CRAM-MD5 > > ## change below to suit your setup. > sasl_sql_user: mailsqluser > sasl_sql_passwd: password > sasl_sql_database: mailsqldb > sasl_sql_hostnames: localhost > sasl_sql_select: SELECT clear FROM users WHERE email = '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Thanks in Advance for any help! > > Michael W. Partyka > Jumpnode Systems, LLC > Systems Administrator > 612.605.5056 Desk > --- Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
