question / info
Hi all I have 2 debian machines running, one as a mail-server with postfix, cyrus-imapd and cyrus-sasl. The other server is an OpenLDAP-server. This works fine. For the users that use mail, I created a mailbox on my mailserver with cyradm and they get their username out off the OpenLDAP-server. Here comes my question. Is there a way that the users I have created in my OpenLDAP-server automaticly get a mailbox on my mailserver. In that way I don't have to create for each user a mailbox but if this is possible a program or whatever does that for me. I didn't know to which mailinglist I should mail this question so mailed it to both. I hope anyone could help me. Thanks Regards Geert <>
re: imap en ldap
Oke I think I'am almost there. I did miss the openldap libraries so I installed them and reconfigured cyrus sasl. When I run the command 'saslauthd -v' ldap is aviable :-) So I executed the command 'saslauthd -a ldap and I needed to create an extra directory but after that I didn't get a error message. In my imapd.conf I did add some extra lines. My imapd.conf looks now like this: --- # Debian Cyrus imapd.conf # See imapd.conf(5) for more information # Configuration directory configdirectory: /var/lib/cyrus # Which partition to use for default mailboxes defaultpartition: default partition-default: /var/spool/cyrus/mail # News setup partition-news: /var/spool/cyrus/news newsspool: /var/spool/news # Uncomment the following and add the space-separated users who # have admin rights admins:root cyrus # No anonymous logins allowanonymouslogin: no # Minimum time between POP mail fetches in minutes popminpoll: 1 # umask used by Cyrus programs umask: 077 sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd sasl_mech_list: PLAIN --- But when I try to start outlook express and create a new mailbox I get the following error message: Fatal error: invalid option name on line 28 of configuration file In my imapd.conf is line 28: sasl_pwcheck_method Is there another package I need to install or is there again something I did forget? Many thanks in advance Regards Geert Reijnders -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Etienne Goyer Verzonden: donderdag 11 december 2003 16:08 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Onderwerp: Re: imap and ldap Hi, Did you compiled your own cyrus-sasl or used a third-party package ? If you compiled, did you used the "--with-ldap" switch to configure ? Do you have OpenLDAP and assorted libs installed ? On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 03:07:11PM +0100, Geert Reijnders wrote: > Hi all > > Again I have a question. I want to setup a mail-server and the users must be > retrieved from the ldap-server. I have heard from several people and read in several > guides that it is possible with saslauthd -a ldap and put the following option in > the imapd.conf: > sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd > > But of course when I try to do that I get error messages. The first one is when I > execute the command saslauthd -a ldap: > > saslauthd[285] :set_auth_mech : unknown authentication mechanism: ldap > > the solution is not by using pam because that is not an option in saslauthd. > > The second one is when I try to open a mailbox in outlook express. Then I get the > messages that on line (the line where sasl_pwcheck_method is located) that the > command is unknown. > > What am I missing or doing wrong? I hope anyone could help me. > > Thanks in advance > > Geert Reijnders > > > > > -- Etienne Goyer Linux Québec Technologies Inc. http://www.LinuxQuebec.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] <>
RE: imap and ldap
Oke I tried to reconfigure cyrus-sasl with the following options --with-ldap=/etc/ldap (because I had to give a directory) Everything was going fine, no errors during the installation but when I executed the command saslauthd -v I get the same options. saslauthd 2.1.15 authentication mechanisms: getpwent rimap shadow I don't get it. Is it the version I use because with ldap is experimental in this version I read in the help. Greets Geert -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Laurent Larquère Verzonden: donderdag 11 december 2003 15:31 Aan: Geert Reijnders;[EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: Re: imap and ldap Hi you must have a "ldap capable" saslauthd # saslauthd -v saslauthd 2.1.17 authentication mechanisms: getpwent pam rimap shadow ldap to obtain this, you have to configure --with-ldap Geert Reijnders wrote: >Hi all > >Again I have a question. I want to setup a mail-server and the users >must be retrieved from the ldap-server. I have heard from several people and read in >several guides that it is possible with saslauthd -a ldap and put the following >option in the imapd.conf: >sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd > >But of course when I try to do that I get error messages. The first one >is when I execute the command saslauthd -a ldap: > >saslauthd[285] :set_auth_mech : unknown authentication mechanism: ldap > >the solution is not by using pam because that is not an option in >saslauthd. > >The second one is when I try to open a mailbox in outlook express. Then >I get the messages that on line (the line where sasl_pwcheck_method is located) >that the command is unknown. > >What am I missing or doing wrong? I hope anyone could help me. > >Thanks in advance > >Geert Reijnders > > > > > > > <>
imap and ldap
Hi all Again I have a question. I want to setup a mail-server and the users must be retrieved from the ldap-server. I have heard from several people and read in several guides that it is possible with saslauthd -a ldap and put the following option in the imapd.conf: sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd But of course when I try to do that I get error messages. The first one is when I execute the command saslauthd -a ldap: saslauthd[285] :set_auth_mech : unknown authentication mechanism: ldap the solution is not by using pam because that is not an option in saslauthd. The second one is when I try to open a mailbox in outlook express. Then I get the messages that on line (the line where sasl_pwcheck_method is located) that the command is unknown. What am I missing or doing wrong? I hope anyone could help me. Thanks in advance Geert Reijnders <>
imap and ldap
Hi all Again I have a question. I want to setup a mail-server and the users must be retrieved from the ldap-server. I have heard from several people and read in several guides that it is possible with saslauthd -a ldap and put the following option in the imapd.conf: sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd But of course when I try to do that I get error messages. The first one is when I execute the command saslauthd -a ldap: saslauthd[285] :set_auth_mech : unknown authentication mechanism: ldap the solution is not by using pam because that is not an option in saslauthd. The second one is when I try to open a mailbox in outlook express. Then I get the messages that on line (the line where sasl_pwcheck_method is located) that the command is unknown. What am I missing or doing wrong? I hope anyone could help me. Thanks in advance Geert Reijnders <>
installing cyrus imap
Hi all When I try to install Cyurs imap 2.1.15 on my debian machine I get the following error with make: util.c gcc -c -I.. -I/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.1/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/lib/include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -Wall -g -O2 \ mkgmtime.c gcc -c -I.. -I/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.1/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/lib/include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -Wall -g -O2 \ prot.c prot.c:654: macro `va_start' used with too many (2) args make[1]: *** [prot.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/cyrus-imapd-2.1.15/lib' make: *** [all] Error 1 When I run ./configure with the following options I get no errors --with-dbdir=/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.1 --with-bdb-libdir=/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.1/lib --with-bdb-incdir=/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.1/include --with-cyrus-group=cyrus --with-sasl=/usr/lib make depend runs fine to. What is wrong or does anyone know what it means? Thanks in advance Greets Geert <>
authentication through ldap
Hi all, I have a question about cyrus imap. I have a ldap directory in my network based on OpenLDAP Everything works fine with this (SSH, login, etc). I want to do the same with my mail-server with pam, but I don't know how I must configure this. Is there a howto of this or does anybody can give me a hint or something how to start? I'm running a debian machine with cyrus imap and postfix. Thanks in advance Greetz Geert <>
