I suspect you're trying to use one of the non plaintext mechanisms. What mechanisms are offered when you connect using imtest?
The probably solution is to add a line to imapd.conf like: sasl_mech_list: PLAIN LOGIN -Rob On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Mark J. Lilback wrote: > Hi. I'm running in to a strange authentication problem and was hoping > someone could point me in the right direction. > > I've configured cyrus-imapd-2.1.10 on a Solaris 8 box, along with > cyrus-sasl-2.1.9. > > My imap.conf contains the following lines related to authentication: > admins: mailadmin > sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd > > > I've started saslauthd as "saslauthd -a pam". > > I then run "cyradm --user=mailadmin localhost" and enter the > password. I get a "cannot authenticate to server" message. > > In /var/adm/messages the following gets logged: > imapd[7811]: [ID 702911 auth.error] unable to open Berkeley db no: No > such file or directory > > The message used to read "/etc/sasldb2" instead of "no" before I > recompiled sasl with --without-dbpath. > > Why is imapd trying to read the sasldb2 file instead of using > saslauthd and pam? > > Also, I've set CYRUS_VERBOSE=1 in my environment and run master with > the -D option and nothing ever gets output to my terminal. I've tried > higher numbers, too. Isn't that suppose to provide debugging > information? > > Thanks. > > -- > __________________________________________________________________________ > "They that can give up essential liberty > Mark J. Lilback to obtain a little temporary safety > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> deserve neither liberty or safety." > http://www.lilback.com/ -- Benjamin Franklin > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Rob Siemborski * Andrew Systems Group * Cyert Hall 207 * 412-268-7456 Research Systems Programmer * /usr/contributed Gatekeeper