Hi Antony, Are you sure that exim is not expecting encrypted passwords in the /etc/exim/passwd file? I am not an exim expert but I suspect that may be an issue. You might want to paste the relevant snippet from your exim config file.
Cheers, Fred. On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 11:25, Antony Gelberg wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to set up SMTP AUTH with the LOGIN method. I see AUTH LOGIN as a > response to EHLO. I have created /etc/exim/passwd with contents: > bob Bob123 > > I converted the username and password to base64, for testing: > echo -n '\0bob\0Bob123'| mimencode > XDBib2JcMEJvYjEyMw== > > > This is what I get: > www:/etc/exim# exim -bh 127.0.0.1 > > **** SMTP testing session as if from host 127.0.0.1 > **** Not for real! > > >>> host in host_lookup? yes (*) > >>> looking up host name for 127.0.0.1 > >>> IP address lookup yielded www > >>> Alias www.bob.com > >>> Alias localhost > >>> Alias localhost.localdomain > >>> host in host_reject? no (option unset) > >>> host in host_reject_recipients? no (option unset) > >>> host in auth_hosts? no (option unset) > >>> host in sender_unqualified_hosts? no (option unset) > >>> host in receiver_unqualified_hosts? no (option unset) > >>> host in helo_verify? no (option unset) > >>> host in helo_accept_junk_hosts? no (option unset) > 220 www.bob.com ESMTP Exim 3.35 #1 Tue, 23 Sep 2003 03:10:07 -0700 > ehlo pulse > 250-www.bob.com Hello www [127.0.0.1] > 250-SIZE > 250-PIPELINING > 250-AUTH LOGIN > 250 HELP > auth login XDBib2JcMEJvYjEyMw== > 334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6 > > >>> login authenticator: > >>> $1 = \0bob\0Bob123 > >>> expanded string: 0 > 535 Incorrect authentication data > LOG: Authentication failed for www (bob) [127.0.0.1]: 535 Incorrect > authentication data > quit > 221 www.bob.com closing connection > > Any ideas? I've looked in the exim docs and have no idea where I'm going > wrong. > > Antony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]