Sorry, no hints from me. But I think I'm having the exact same problem with my setup except that I'm using sendmail.
Here's a tip for Debian MTA package maintainers: Many people who want an MTA running are going to want SMTP-AUTH and TLS. These should be configured and enabled by default. I don't see how it would hurt those people that don't need to do SMTP-AUTH to have it enabled. And its far, far easier to disable or break this functionality than it is to enable it. Todd is helping me out with my problem. If we can help me come to a solution then I will pass that info along to you since I think it will be relevant. Thanks, On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 08:19, Jan Tammen wrote: > Bonjour. > > I am trying to setup SMTP AUTH with Postfix and SASL on Debian > unstable. > > So far I got these packages installed: > > postfix 2.0.13-1 > postfix-tls 2.0.13-1 > libsasl2 2.1.12-1 > libsasl2-dev 2.1.12-1 > libsasl2-modules 2.1.12-1 > sasl2-bin 2.1.12-1 > > I want to authenticate users against the system's password-database. > > /etc/postfix/main.cf: > [...] > smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes > smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous > smtpd_sasl_local_domain = $myhostname > broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes > smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, > permit_mynetworks, > check_relay_domains > [...] > > /etc/postfix/sasl/smtpd.conf: > pwcheck_method: pwcheck > > Connecting to the server via telnet shows up that authentication is enabled: > > 250-AUTH NTLM LOGIN PLAIN DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 > 250-AUTH=NTLM LOGIN PLAIN DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 > > I got a user 'test' with passwd 'test'; trying to authenticate via telnet: > > AUTH PLAIN dGVzdAB0ZXN0AHRlc3Q= > 535 Error: authentication failed > > In mail.log: > postfix/smtpd[15000]: warning: SASL authentication problem: unknown password > verifier > postfix/smtpd[15000]: warning: SASL authentication failure: Password verification > failed > postfix/smtpd[15000]: warning: localhost[127.0.0.1]: SASL PLAIN authentication failed > > Seems as SASL does not know shadow-method. When I use 'pwcheck_method: > saslauthd' in /etc/postfix/sasl/smtpd.conf and start saslauthd, I get this error: > > postfix/smtpd[15135]: warning: SASL authentication failure: cannot connect to > saslauthd server: No such file or directory > postfix/smtpd[15135]: warning: SASL authentication failure: Password verification > failed > postfix/smtpd[15135]: warning: localhost[127.0.0.1]: SASL PLAIN authentication failed > > This error seems to be related to the fact, that smtpd runs chrooted. > But even when I let smtpd run 'normally', I get an error: > > postfix/smtpd[15269]: warning: SASL authentication failure: Password verification > failed > postfix/smtpd[15269]: warning: localhost[127.0.0.1]: SASL PLAIN authentication failed > > And in auth.log: > > saslauthd[14098]: AUTHFAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] service=smtp realm=domain.de > > But saslausthd seems to be able to authenticate that user; from localhost: > > $ testsaslauthd -u test -p test -r domain.de -s smtp > $ 0: OK "Success." > > Sorry for that long post ... any hints for me? > > Thanks. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]