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. 
>> > 
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