Re: cyradm error (...authentication failed)
try cyradm -user username -auth plain localhost
let me know what you get ...
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be careful what you wish for ...
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernie Berg" <bberg@circadesign.com>
To: <debian-isp@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 10:50 AM
Subject: cyradm error (...authentication failed)
> Hello,
> I am trying to get virtual email domains running with postfix and
> cyrus. I installed them both from I apt. I haven't gotten very far and
> am now getting errors when trying to use cyradm. It seems like this is
> a somewhat common error according to my googleing, but I have not been
> able to find a solution. I running woody with the woody apt sources.
>
> I added a cyrus user to the sasldb via:
>
> # echo password | saslpasswd -p -c cyrus
>
> I checked the /var/log/auth.log and it tells me:
>
> saslpasswd: PLAIN: set secret for cyrus
>
> so it looks like it is set right. but when I use cyradm I get the
following:
>
> # cyradm -u cyrus localhost
> localhost password:
> application-spacific initialization failed: authentication failed
> %
>
> So, what could I be doing wrong? Here is my imapd.conf if it will help:
>
> # Debian Cyrus imapd.conf
> # See imapd.conf(5) for more information
>
> # Configuration directory
> configdirectory: /var/lib/cyrus
>
> # Which partition to use for default mailboxes
> defaultpartition: default
> partition-default: /var/spool/cyrus/mail
>
> # News setup
> partition-news: /var/spool/cyrus/news
> newsspool: /var/spool/news
>
> # Uncomment the following and add the space-separated users who
> # have admin rights
> admins: cyrus mailadmin
>
> # No anonymous logins
> allowanonymouslogin: no
>
> # Minimum time between POP mail fetches in minutes
> popminpoll: 1
>
> # umask used by Cyrus programs
> umask: 077
>
> #sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd
> pwcheck_method= sasldb
>
>
> If you notice those last two lines, I have tried with and without both
> with the same result. I also created a real user named cyrus and game
> it rights to sasldb... and tried all of the above logged in as cyrus.
>
> any ideas?
>
> thanks a million!
>
> --
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> Circa Design Company | Cell:(605)359-2237
>
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