Re: Postfix + SASL problem "no SASL authentication mechanisms"
Cliff Flood wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm having a problem getting Postfix & SASL to work. I've read some of
> the archives here and done some extensive googling, read lots of
> articles and tried lots of things. None of the things I've done have
> helped or prevented me from getting the "no SASL authentication
> mechanisms" error.
> I have what I believe are the relevant and correct packages installed.
>
> The current status of my system is similar to the one described in
> this document:
>
> http://www.fatofthelan.com/articles/articles.php?pid=22
>
> I have moved the saslauthd directory from /var/run to the Postfix chroot
>
> The relevant parts of my main.cf are:
>
> smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
> smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
> smtpd_sasl_local_domain = $myhostname
> smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,
> check_relay_domains
>
> My /etc/postfix/sasl/smtpd.conf reads:
>
> pwcheck_method: saslauthd
> mech_list: plain login
>
> (I notice the problem is the same whether that file is there or not,
> is it possible it's not being read?)
>
> My /etc/default/saslauthd reads:
>
> START=yes
> MECHANISMS="pam"
>
> I can test sasl auth on the command line using `testsaslauthd
> -u<username> -p<password>` successfully.
>
> I also tried the suggestions from this page:
>
> http://wiki.ev-15.com/debian:mail_system#sasl
>
> With no success.
>
> Could someone tell me more specifically what the error is indicating?
>
> At this point I'm rather confused and annoyed and I'd appreciate any
> help any one can give me!
>
> Thanks :)
>
Do you have the postfix-tls package installed ?
Radu
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