I've been running postfix with cyrus-SASL for years but it's time to change the SASL tool to dovecot. I've been wrestling with this for a couple of days now and it has me pinned to the mat. I need help.
Today I upgraded dovecot-2.2.13 to -2.2.15. Went to the dovecot Web sits and followed the configuration instructions step-by-step. Added user dovenull and all checks appear correct: doveconf -n # 2.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.10.17-smp i686 Slackware 14.1 ext3 mail_location = mbox:/var/spool/mail/%d/%1n/%n:INDEX=/var/indexes/%d/%1n/%n namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = type = private } passdb { args = scheme=CRYPT username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users driver = passwd-file } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { args = username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users driver = passwd-file } In postfix's main.cf: smtpd_sasl_path = smtpd # Frontier blocking outbound port 25: relayhost = [mail.aracnet.com]:submission smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd smtp_sasl_security_options = noplaintext, noanonymous smtp_sasl_tls_security_options = noanonymous smtp_tls_security_level = may smtp_sasl_type = dovecot #smtp_sasl_type = cyrus All looks good, so I start postfix (/etc/rc.d/rc.postfix start) and tail /var/log/maillog where I see this: Feb 17 15:03:13 salmo postfix/smtp[30653]: warning: unsupported SASL client implementation: dovecot Feb 17 15:03:13 salmo postfix/smtp[30653]: fatal: SASL library initialization Feb 17 15:03:14 salmo postfix/master[30558]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtp pid 30653 exit status 1 Feb 17 15:03:14 salmo postfix/master[30558]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtp: bad command startup -- throttling The problem looks like it's with postfix, not dovecot, but my inexperience prevents me from seeing what it is. Please provide a clue so I can move past this issue. TIA, Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug