hi, try installing the sasl authentification packages ... i had the same thing ...
cyrus-sasl-md5 cyrus-sasl-plain cyrus-sasl-ntlm cyrus-sasl-gssapi "plain" is the minimum install ... cheers chalres On Sun, 2005-09-25 at 21:31 +0200, evildad wrote: > HI there, > i'd like to set-up an working IMAP Server on my Gentoo > System. I used the Postfix-Cyrus-Web-cyradm-HOWTO from > http://www.delouw.ch/linux/Postfix-Cyrus-Web-cyradm-HOWTO/html/index.html > > Because I use Gentoo, I compiled all the packages > with the „emerge“ command. Here are the versions for > my installed packages: > > cyrus-sasl-2.1.21-r1 > cyrus-imapd-2.2.12 > postfix-2.1.5-r2 > pam_mysql-0.6.0 > mysql-4.0.25-r2 > web-cyradm-0.5.4.1 > > > They all compiled without errors but after i wanted to > create the user cyrus with the command > > # saslpasswd2 -c cyrus > Password: > Again (for verification): > > > ... the following errors appear in /var/log/messages: > > Sep 25 17:21:01 evildad saslpasswd2: sql_select option > missing > Sep 25 17:21:01 evildad saslpasswd2: auxpropfunc error > no mechanism available > Sep 25 17:21:01 evildad saslpasswd2: _sasl_plugin_load > failed on sasl_auxprop_plug_init for plugin: sql > Sep 25 17:21:05 evildad saslpasswd2: setpass succeeded > for cyrus > Sep 25 17:21:05 evildad saslpasswd2: error deleting > entry from sasldb: DB_NOTFOUND: No matching key/data > pair found > Sep 25 17:21:05 evildad saslpasswd2: error deleting > entry from sasldb: DB_NOTFOUND: No matching key/data > pair found > Sep 25 17:21:05 evildad saslpasswd2: error deleting > entry from sasldb: DB_NOTFOUND: No matching key/data > pair found > > > I don't understand why sasl won't find the DB. > > Another Problem is the command to connect to the > Server. > > When i type in the following command to the Server I > get the following output: > > # cyradm --user cyrus --server localhost --auth plain > Password: > IMAP Password: > Login failed: authentication failure at > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/x86_64-linux/Cyrus/IMAP/Admin.pm > line 118 > cyradm: cannot authenticate to server with plain as > cyrus > > > and in /var/log/messages: > > Sep 25 21:18:26 evildad master[7102]: about to exec > /usr/lib/cyrus/imapd > Sep 25 21:18:26 evildad imap[7102]: executed > Sep 25 21:18:26 evildad imap[7102]: sql auxprop plugin > using mysql engine > Sep 25 21:18:26 evildad imap[7102]: accepted > connection > Sep 25 21:18:37 evildad imap[7102]: badlogin: > localhost [127.0.0.1] PLAIN [SASL(-16): encryption > needed to use mechanism: security flags do not match > required] > Sep 25 21:18:40 evildad perl: No worthy mechs found > Sep 25 21:18:44 evildad imap[7102]: sql plugin Parse > the username cyrus > Sep 25 21:18:44 evildad imap[7102]: sql plugin try and > connect to a host > Sep 25 21:18:44 evildad imap[7102]: sql plugin trying > to open db 'mail' on host 'localhost' > Sep 25 21:18:44 evildad imap[7102]: sql plugin Parse > the username cyrus > Sep 25 21:18:44 evildad imap[7102]: sql plugin try and > connect to a host > Sep 25 21:18:44 evildad imap[7102]: sql plugin trying > to open db 'mail' on host 'localhost' > Sep 25 21:18:44 evildad saslauthd[6930]: DEBUG: > auth_pam: pam_acct_mgmt failed: User account has > expired > Sep 25 21:18:44 evildad saslauthd[6930]: do_auth > : auth failure: [user=cyrus] [service=imap] [realm=] > [mech=pam] [reason=PAM acct error] > Sep 25 21:18:44 evildad imap[7102]: badlogin: > localhost [127.0.0.1] plaintext cyrus SASL(-13): > authentication failure: checkpass failed > Sep 25 21:19:47 evildad master[20809]: process 7102 > exited, status 0 > > > Hope anyone can help me to get the authentication > work... > And i don't know why the User account has been expired > though it has never worked before... > > Thanks in advance, > Evildad > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Was denken Sie über E-Mail? Wir hören auf Ihre Meinung: > http://surveylink.yahoo.com/wix/p0379378.aspx > ---- > Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus > Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu > List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html > -- "simplified chinese" is not nearly as easy as they would have you believe ... a superlative oxymoron" --anonymous ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html