Ok finally got it working. The PAM wasn't working right and un-chroot'n smtpd for postfix let sasldb work. I had to recompile cyrus to support pwcheck so it could read /etc/shadow.
Thanks for the help everyone. - Will ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Burger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 3:36 PM Subject: Re: postfix & sasl & redhat 7.3 > On my 7.1 box, I'm using the sasl installed with teh system. > > I just needed to make sure that postfix was compiled with the sasl stuff in > it, and as I said in my last message, I used the src.rpm to do so. > > William Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > I'm pretty sure custom compiling would work nicely (my last ditch option), > > but I'm trying to use the default cyrus rpm that installed with RedHat 7.3 > > (cyrus-sasl-1.5.24-25). I'm wondering if anyone has ever got it work with > > these default Redhat packages. > > > > - Will > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Teodor Georgiev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 11:38 AM > > Subject: Re: postfix & sasl & redhat 7.3 > > > > > > > > > > 1. compile SASL with the saslauthd method (the default for Cyrus SASL 2.x) > > > 2. in pwcheck use saslauthd as method. > > > 3. start saslauthd with the appropriate options and tell it the backend. > > > > > > man saslauthd and you will see :) > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "William Wong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 6:22 PM > > > Subject: Re: postfix & sasl & redhat 7.3 > > > > > > > > > > Hi Mike, > > > > > > > > Thanks for the suggestion, though I'm still having problems. I changed > > my > > > > /usr/lib/sasl/smtpd.conf to use pam as the pwcheck_method and it doesn't > > > > like it (unfortunately). I ldconfig'd to reload the libraries just in > > > case. > > > > > > > > This one's a headache as I've gotten sasl to work on a redhat 6.2 > > system, > > > > though I did custom compile both postfix and sasl for that to work. > > > > > > > > - Will > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Mike Burger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 11:06 AM > > > > Subject: Re: postfix & sasl & redhat 7.3 > > > > > > > > > > > > > You'll probably need to create /etc/pam.d/smtp and /etc/pam.d/smtpd, > > > both > > > > > containing the following: > > > > > > > > > > #%PAM-1.0 > > > > > auth required /lib/security/pam_stack.so > > > > service=system-auth > > > > > account required /lib/security/pam_stack.so > > > > service=system-auth > > > > > > > > > > These will allow the smtp and smtpd systems to authenticate against > > pam. > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, William Wong wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi there, > > > > > > > > > > > > I've looked through the list archives but the suggestions don't seem > > > to > > > > help > > > > > > my problem. It goes like this... > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm using the default packages that come with the redhat 7.3 > > > > distribution > > > > > > for postfix & sasl. (sasl came preinstalled with the "server" type > > > > > > configuration). I then installed the source RPM for postfix and > > > enabled > > > > > > SASL in the spec file, compiled the package and isntalled it. I've > > > > created > > > > > > entries using saslpasswd and added the necessary options in main.cf > > > for > > > > > > postfix to enable sasl (notably the enable). I've confirmed this by > > > > > > telnet'n to port 25 and sending a ehlo mydomain.com. It doest > > respond > > > > with > > > > > > PLAIN/CRAM/etc as auth methods. > > > > > > > > > > > > However I don't know why postfix will NOT authenticate. > > > > > > > > > > > > To be sure I've made the sasldb file world readable (to test), > > however > > > > in > > > > > > the maillog file it says there's an SASL authentication failure. > > > > > > > > > > > > The suggetions I've seen on this list were: Go DL some guy's RPMs, > > or > > > > > > recompile postfix with SASL. Well I don't see the need to DL > > someone > > > > else's > > > > > > RPMS when redhat has provided the sources already and I've already > > > > compiled > > > > > > postfix with SASL enabled. > > > > > > > > > > > > Can anyone offer any light to this problem? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > - Will > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > redhat-list mailing list > > > > > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > > > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > redhat-list mailing list > > > > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > redhat-list mailing list > > > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > -- > Mike Burger > http://www.bubbanfriends.org > > Visit the Dog Pound II BBS > telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org, or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
