Try renaming your /etc/sasldb.db to something else - that seemed to do the trick for us.
johnh... On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, Eric L'Heureux wrote: > Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 15:45:15 -0400 > From: Eric L'Heureux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: SOS: Cyrus 2.0.16 with RedHat 7.1 > > Hi, > > I need help! I'm trying to install Cyrus 2.0.16 on Red Hat 7.1. > I keep getting "Invalid login" errors when trying to connect from pop or > imap. > > I've set-up Cyrus to use PAM for authentication but it seems to > try looking for a sasldb file. I DO NOT want to use sasldb, I have > already a huge passwd/shadow database and I'm not planning to convert it > to sasldb. > > I've tried lots and lots of things like changing the permission of > the shadow file, changing some pam.d settings, recompiling cyrus with > unix authenication, etc... But I still CANNOT authenticate any users. I > can however use cyradm and create new mailboxes with the cyrus password > stored either in the shadow password file or in the sasldb. > > I also tried to follow the instructions shown at > http://rmrpms.tripod.com/cyrus-imapd/ > but it still does not work. > > Thanks in advance for your help! > > Eric > >