Thank you for your suggestions! I figured out what was the problem in my
case.
This was the OPTIONS setting in /etc/deafault/saslauthd. Since I run my
Postfix chrooted I had:
OPTIONS="-c -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd"
In order for cyradm to identify users using I saslauthd, I also added
Vladimir Vassiliev wrote, at 06/17/2009 09:02 AM:
>> Here is an extract from my imapd.conf file:
>>
>> admins: cyrus
>> imap_admins: cyrus
>> sasl_mech_list: LOGIN
>> sasl_minimum_layer: 1
>> sasl_maximum_layer: 256
>> sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd
>
> Maybe it's because of sasl_minimum_layer: 1
> Here is an extract from my imapd.conf file:
>
> admins: cyrus
> imap_admins: cyrus
> sasl_mech_list: LOGIN
> sasl_minimum_layer: 1
> sasl_maximum_layer: 256
> sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd
Maybe it's because of sasl_minimum_layer: 1
LOGIN gives you no security layer.
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Vladimir Vassiliev
Hello,
I have a problem with Cyrus IMAP SASL authentication.
When I try to login to create Cyrus IMAP mailboxes, I see the following:
$ cyradm --user cyrus --auth login localhost
IMAP Password:
Login failed: generic failure at /usr/lib/perl5/Cyrus/IMAP/Admin.pm line 119
cyradm: cannot authentica
