Re: auth problems, cyrus not using my saslauthd/pam config

[Dan White <dwhite@xxxxxxx>]

On 26/05/10 11:39 -0400, Steve Maring wrote:
> I am on an Ubuntu 10.04 system with Cyrus 2.2.13 trying to get my imap
> user's to auth again my mysql database.
>
> I can do this:
>
> # testsaslauthd -u smaring@xxxxxxxxxxx -p xxxxxxxx -f
> /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd/mux -s imap
> 0: OK "Success."
>
> However, I never seem to be able to step up one level and authenticate
> through imap:
 
> my /etc/imapd.conf:
>
> sasl_mech_list: PLAIN LOGIN
> loginrealms: rhythix.com
> virtdomains: userid
> sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd
> sasl_auto_transition: no

You need:

sasl_saslauthd_path: /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd/mux

and verify that your cyrus user has permissions to the mux.

> my /etc/default/saslauthd:
>
> START=yes
> DESC="SASL Authentication Daemon"
> NAME="saslauthd"
> MECHANISMS="pam"
> MECH_OPTIONS=""
> THREADS=5
> OPTIONS="-m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -r"
> PWDIR="/var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd"
> PARAMS="-m ${PWDIR}"
> PIDFILE="${PWDIR}/saslauthd.pid"

--
Dan White