> FreeBSD-11.2p7
> cyrus-imapd30-3.0.8_2
> cyrus-sasl-saslauthd-2.1.27
> cyrus-sasl-2.1.27
> 
> This morning we upgraded our cyrus_imap server using the FreeBSD pkg package 
> manager.  Following this we are unable to authenticate with imap.  The error 
> we receive is this:
> 
> Jan  8 14:05:37 inet17 CYRUS/imaps[40533]: SASL cannot connect to saslauthd 
> server: Permission denied
> Jan  8 14:05:37 inet17 CYRUS/imaps[40533]: badlogin: servername [server 
> address] plaintext username SASL(-1): generic failure: checkpass failed 
> 
> imapd.conf was not changed.  it contains this:
> 
> sasl_mech_list:             PLAIN
> sasl_pwcheck_method:        saslauthd
> 
> 
> I am posting this from a temporary email because, duhh, I cannot access my 
> regular mailbox.
> 
> I am open to any reasonable suggestions as to how to fix this, quickly.

However, if I do this then I get a success.

read -ers -p 'prompt: ' PASSWD ; echo -e '\n'
prompt: 

read -ers -p 'prompt: ' USERNAME ; echo -e '\n'
prompt: 

testsaslauthd -u $USERNAME -p $PASSWD                    
0: OK "Success."

Does anyone here know what is going on or how to fix it?
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