wiseadmin schrieb:
> Thank you Wietse !
> Unfortunately it doesnt work :(
> In dovecot.conf the socket is /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
> When I added in main.cf I got permission denied (it has 600 and
> root:wheel). I changed the permission in 666 (this is not ok, but I only
> wanted to see if it works) and now I get in logs only "fatal: no SASL
> authentication mechanisms".
> I don't know what else to do. Some one said something about smtpd.conf
> The file is in /usr/lib/sasl2/smtpd.conf and in /usr/lib/sasl2 and its
> content is:
> log_level:3
> pwcheck_method: saslauthd
> mech_list: plain login
>
>
> What is frustrated is that the server worked for many months. I tried a
> downgrade of postfix and I get the same error. maybe it is not from
> postfix but from dovecot or saslauthd.
>
> Is some one know what should I do please advice me. I'm stuck and I
> don't know what to do.
>
> Thank you
is this debian/ubuntu ? are you sure that you didnt reenabled
chroot for postfix , cause then you will fail with
smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot
smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth
>
>
> Wietse Venema wrote:
>> You need to update your main.cf:smtpd_sasl_path setting and specify
>> the location of the socket that the Dovecot server listens on.
>>
>> For example, when dovecot.conf says:
>>
>> socket listen {
>> ...
>> path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
>> ...
>>
>> Then main.cf would say:
>>
>> smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot
>> smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth
>>
>> Wietse
>>
>>
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MfG Robert Schetterer
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