Thank you all for your replys. The problem was to do with
authentication. I made an error in the setting up of imap
pam-mysql.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jules Agee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Warren Flemmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "info-cyrus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: Script admin problems
> How strange. if I remember correctly, the IMAP::Admin module does
> everything through an IMAP connection using standard RFC IMAP
> commands, just like cyradm does. So if you're using the same login and
> password with cyradm as you're using with your perl script, and cyradm
> works, the problem would have to be in your script or in IMAP::Admin.
>
> hmmm. this module works fine for me... the only thing I can think of
> is (pretty unlikely) if you've got a literal backslash or single quote
> in the password, perl might screw up the password it's passing to the
> IMAP::Admin module...
>
> To confirm that there's nothing wrong with your Cyrus configuration,
> and that cyradm isn't covering up or compensating for some error
> message, you might try typing the stuff on the lines marked by 'YOU':
>
> YOU: $ telnet localhost 143
> Connected to {hostname}.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> * OK {hostname} Cyrus IMAP4 v2.0.15 server ready.
> YOU: . login adm XXXXXX
> . OK User logged in
> YOU: . create user.testmailbox
> . OK Completed
> YOU: . setacl user.testmailbox adm lrswipcda
> . OK Completed
> YOU: . delete user.testmailbox
> . OK Completed
> YOU: . logout
> * BYE LOGOUT received
> . OK Completed
> Connection closed by foreign host.
>
>
> Warren Flemmer wrote:
>
> > With the package IMAP-Admin-1.4.3
> > running test.pl as follows:
> >
> > [root@mail121 IMAP-Admin-1.4.3]# perl test.pl
> > 1..14
> > ok 1
> > Remaining tests require a connection an imap server
> > Please enter the server and the admin user and password at the prompts
> > Enter server: localhost
> > Enter login: adm
> > Enter password:
> > Test using SSL(y/n)? n
> > IMAP::Admin [ initialize ]: try NO Login failed: authentication failure
> > [root@mail121 IMAP-Admin-1.4.3]#
> >
> > The following script is the simplest example:
> >
> >
$imap=IMAP::Admin->new('Server'=>'localhost','Login'=>'adm','Password'=>'xxx
> > xx');
> > $err=$imap->create("$mbx");
> > print "error: $err\n";
> > $err=$imap->{'Error'};
> > print "error: $err\n";
> > $imap->close;
> >
> > will produce:
> >
> > [root@mail121 /home]# ./cyrushelper
> > error: 1
> > error: IMAP::Admin [ initialize ]: try NO Login failed: authentication
> > failure
> >
> > Could the use of pam-mysql have anything to do
> > the authentication failure. The passwords in the db
> > are encrypted with mysql password function. I can
> > log in from a client without any problems.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Matt Prigge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Warren Flemmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 11:01 AM
> > Subject: Re: Script admin problems
> >
> >
> >
> >>>Attempt two: Using module IMAP::Admin from
> >>>IMAP-Admin-1.4.3 The test gives me the following
> >>>error:
> >>>IMAP::Admin [ initialize ]: try NO Login failed: authentication failure
> >>>Again getting me past this error should allow me
> >>>to complete the task.
> >>>
> >>IMAP::Admin has worked very well for me. Can you give an example of the
> >>
> > code
> >
> >>youre trying to run that isnt working for you?
> >>
> >>-matt
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Jules Agee
> System Administrator
> Pacific Coast Feather Co.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] x284
