----- Original Message ----
> From: Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 9:49:21 AM
> Subject: Evolution unable to login mail server.
>
> Hi folks,
>
>
> I'm following;
> http://flurdy.com/docs/postfix/index.html
>
> to build a mail server running postfix virtual. The server is now
> running able to send and receive mails. But remote mail client
> 'Evolution' can't login the server to send/receive mails.
>
>
> # tail /var/log/mail.log
> Nov 17 09:00:32 xen05 postfix/smtpd[6601]: warning:
> xen0.satimis.com[192.168.0.110]: SASL PLAIN authentication failed:
> authentication failure
> Nov 17 09:00:48 xen05 postfix/smtpd[6601]: warning: SASL authentication
> problem: unable to open Berkeley db /etc/sasldb2: No such file or
> directory
> Nov 17 09:00:48 xen05 last message repeated 3 times
> Nov 17 09:00:48 xen05 postfix/smtpd[6601]: warning: SASL authentication
> failure: Password verification failed
> Nov 17 09:00:48 xen05 postfix/smtpd[6601]: warning:
> xen0.satimis.com[192.168.0.110]: SASL PLAIN authentication failed:
> authentication failure
> Nov 17 09:00:54 xen05 postfix/smtpd[6601]: warning: SASL authentication
> problem: unable to open Berkeley db /etc/sasldb2: No such file or
> directory
> Nov 17 09:00:54 xen05 last message repeated 3 times
> Nov 17 09:00:54 xen05 postfix/smtpd[6601]: warning: SASL authentication
> failure: Password verification failed
> Nov 17 09:00:54 xen05 postfix/smtpd[6601]: warning:
> xen0.satimis.com[192.168.0.110]: SASL PLAIN authentication failed:
> authentication failure
> Nov 17 09:01:03 xen05 postfix/smtpd[6601]: disconnect from
> xen0.satimis.com[192.168.0.110]
>
>
> # grep smtpd_sasl_path /etc/postfix/main.cf
> smtpd_sasl_path = /etc/postfix/sasl;/usr/lib/sasl2
>
>
> # grep pwcheck_method /etc/postfix/sasl/smtpd.conf
> pwcheck_method: auxprop
>
>
> # find / name sasldb2 | grep sasldb
> /usr/lib/sasl2/libsasldb.la
> /usr/lib/sasl2/libsasldb.a
> /usr/lib/sasl2/libsasldb.so.2.0.22
> /usr/lib/sasl2/libsasldb.so
> /usr/lib/sasl2/libsasldb.so.2
>
>
> # ls -al /usr/lib/sasl2/libsasldb.so
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2008-11-07 10:03 /usr/lib/sasl2/libsasldb.so
> -> libsasldb.so.2.0.22
>
>
> # ls -al /usr/lib/sasl2/libsasldb.so.2
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2008-11-07 10:03
> /usr/lib/sasl2/libsasldb.so.2 -> libsasldb.so.2.0.22
>
>
> # ls -al /usr/lib/sasl2/libsasldb.so.2.0.22
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17980 2006-12-13 21:26
> /usr/lib/sasl2/libsasldb.so.2.0.22
>
>
> If changing the line as "smtpd_sasl_path = smtpd"
>
> Still can't login
>
>
> # tail /var/log/mail.log
> Nov 17 09:42:12 xen05 postfix/postfix-script: refreshing the Postfix
> mail system
> Nov 17 09:42:12 xen05 postfix/master[2771]: reload configuration
> /etc/postfix
> Nov 17 09:42:47 xen05 postfix/smtpd[7231]: connect from
> xen0.satimis.com[192.168.0.110]
> Nov 17 09:42:55 xen05 postfix/smtpd[7231]: warning: SASL authentication
> problem: unable to open Berkeley db /etc/sasldb2: No such file or
> directory
> Nov 17 09:42:55 xen05 postfix/smtpd[7231]: warning: SASL authentication
> problem: unable to open Berkeley db /etc/sasldb2: No such file or
> directory
> Nov 17 09:42:55 xen05 postfix/smtpd[7231]: warning:
> xen0.satimis.com[192.168.0.110]: SASL LOGIN authentication failed:
> authentication failure
> Nov 17 09:43:01 xen05 postfix/smtpd[7231]: warning: SASL authentication
> problem: unable to open Berkeley db /etc/sasldb2: No such file or
> directory
> Nov 17 09:43:01 xen05 last message repeated 3 times
> Nov 17 09:43:01 xen05 postfix/smtpd[7231]: warning:
> xen0.satimis.com[192.168.0.110]: SASL LOGIN authentication failed:
> authentication failure
> Nov 17 09:43:02 xen05 postfix/smtpd[7231]: disconnect from
> xen0.satimis.com[192.168.0.110]
>
>
> Still fail. "login authentication" and "plain authentication" same
> result.
>
>
> Please help. TIA
>
>
> B.R.
> Stephen L
>
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Seems to me like you do not have an /etc/sasldb2 file. Go and verify the file
exists. You may need to build support for it.
