[SLUG] Re: SMTP AUTH
From: "Sychev Maxim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I use postfix 2.0.10, cyrus-sasl 2.1.13 > > > I set up SMTP AUTH using saslauthd -a pam. Everything works fine, except > a > > > bothering warning in syslog stating that database file /var/sasl/sasldb > > > can not be found. > > > > Your sasl library tries first the available auxprop methods (sasldb is one > > of them) before using saslauthd. > > And how to tell it to use saslauthd only? > > Authentification in Cyrus-imap 2.1.13 with the same saslauthd -a pam does > not produce this type of warnings. > With your command, # saslauthd -a pam you already told the client application like your postfix not to use the sasldb database. Incidentally, is it not that your sasldb database should be in, /etc/sasldb2 ? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] RE: SMTP AUTH
From: Oscar Plameras > > And how to tell it to use saslauthd( and not sasldb)only? > The command, # saslauthd -a pam CYRUS-SASL already told the client application like postfix(smtp) or CYRUS-IMAP not to use the sasldb database. # saslauthd -a sasldb tells client application to use sasldb. But I will not use 'saslauthd -a sasldb'. I use the previous format because of the flexibility and security that it provides. With this format I configure the file /etc/pam.d/imap for example for my CYRUS-IMAP to be authenticated either by Linux shadow password or by MySQL database. Because I use PLAIN text method of authentication I install TLS/SSL on POSTFIX to secure transactions. With this installation I achieve two objectives, I control SMTP by AUTH, and I secure data passing between networks as far as these application are concerned. This is my understanding. I am new to CYRUS-SASL and would appreciate comments if there is any problem with this understanding. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
