Re: Postfix + SASL Authentication failed
On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 05:58:53PM +0100, Davi Leal wrote:
> If I remove the /etc/sasldb file I get the below line in the
> /var/log/auth.log file, though I have pw_check pam in the
> /usr/lib/sasl/smtpd.conf file.
> Nov 7 18:18:43 excalibur postfix/smtpd[391]: unable to open Berkeley
> db /etc/sasldb: No such file or directory
>
> If I copy or link the /usr/lib/sasl/smtpd.conf file to
> /etc/postfix/sasl/smtpd.conf file I get:
> Nov 7 18:18:48 excalibur PAM_unix[391]: authentication failure;
> (uid=101) -> hello for smtp service
This actually broke my postfix installation in the past.. it took me a
while to track down that the location of the sasl configuration had
changed to /etc/postfix/sasl.
> It fails too, but it is used the mechanism specified, that is to say, PAM.
> Anyway, any idea what I have to do to get Postfix + SASL + PAM or shadow
> working?. I do not want to use sasldb due to I don't know all the client
> passwords.
have you configured PAM properly? also, if you are using the passwd and
shadow files you should have a copy lurking about where postfix can
reach them.. (remember postfix runs chrooted)
Sami
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