OK, thanks for the hint... So I went to the 'Inbound ESMTP' page of webadmin, and un-checked the CRAM-MD5 boxes under ESMTP Authentication. Now it works. So I guess, it tries CRAM-MD5 before LOGIN when it's checked? And if it fails it doesn't try LOGIN? or...?
Sam Varshavchik writes: > On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 08:09:26PM -0400, Marc Lindahl wrote: >> Doesn't the authdaemond check against each module in order (i.e. from top >> down in the list in webadmin)? Because, I tried changing the order - >> putting authpam at the top and it still gives the same message in the log. > > Authpam definitely will not handle CRAM-MD5. > >> I'm using only system accounts, nothing virtual. And, as I said, the other >> services are validating - why would smtp differ? > > Because you are requesting CRAM-MD5 authentication via SMTP, and a regular > userid/password authentication via other means. As I already said, CRAM-MD5 > requires cleartext passwords, which not every authentication module implements. > > >> >> Sam Varshavchik writes: >> >> > On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 03:40:29AM -0400, Marc Lindahl wrote: >> >> The only appearance in the log is: >> >> >> >> >> >> Apr 19 03:30:37 dell courieresmtpd: started,ip=[::ffff:216.254.71.21] >> >> Apr 19 03:30:37 dell courieresmtpd: >> >> error,relay=::ffff:216.254.71.21,msg="535 Authentication failed.",cmd: AUTH >> >> CRAM-MD5 >> >> >> >> And the order of auth modules is authcram, authuserdb, authpam, authcustom - >> >> the user is a system user, everything's pretty standard... >> > >> > CRAM-MD5 authentication requires a specific password validation configuration. >> > The passwords must be stored in the clear, not encrypted. See INSTALL. More >> > than likely your password scheme does not use cleartext password, and >> > therefore you cannot use CRAM-MD5. >> > >> > -- >> > Sam >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > courier-users mailing list >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users >> > > -- > Sam > > _______________________________________________ > courier-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
