On 14/05/14 10:48, t...@vanderhoff.org wrote: > Hi, > > I recently upgraded my VPS from squeeze to wheezy using the Debian upgrade > instructions. There were a few issues, most of which I've sorted, but this > one's a killer. > > The server runs a postfix mail server with dovecot imap, and sasl > authentication via mysql. After the upgrade I am no longer able to log on > to send mail, the error message being: > > May 14 10:34:47 vanderhoff postfix/smtpd[6818]: Anonymous TLS connection > established from magpieway.net[81.2.85.100]: TLSv1 with cipher > ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits) > May 14 10:34:47 vanderhoff postfix/smtpd[6818]: warning: > magpieway.net[81.2.85.100]: SASL PLAIN authentication failed: generic > failure > May 14 10:34:47 vanderhoff postfix/smtpd[6818]: warning: > magpieway.net[81.2.85.100]: SASL LOGIN authentication failed: generic > failure > > On the server: > root@vanderhoff:/etc/cron.daily# testsaslauthd -uxxxx -pyyyy > connect() : No such file or directory > > I imagine a socket is not created correctly. > > Fortunately Squirrelmail still works. > > Extensive Googling yields lots of results, but none appear relevant to > this situation. > > Does anyone please have any suggestions, please as to how to debug this? > > Cheers, Tony >
OK, ignore that. In the squeezy setup, the file /etc/postfix/sasl contains the line: sql_passw: xxxx Something has changed to make this unacceptable, and changing it to: sql_passwd: xxxx has resolved the problem. Don't know about the testsaslauthd. Sorry for the noise. -- Tony van der Hoff | mailto:t...@vanderhoff.org Buckinghamshire, England | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/537346be.3060...@vanderhoff.org
