User authentication isn't built into postfix by default, and will never be if Mr. Venema has anything to say about it.
With that said, I recommend using SASL. I've heard that PAM is good, but it wasn't included on my Slackware install, and SASL seemed like the path of least resistance. Once I had SASL built and configured, getting it to work with postfix was somewhat of a challenge (my first experience with postfix or SASL). IN main.cf: smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, permit_mynetworks, reject_unauth_destination smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_sasl_local_domain = # required to support outlook broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes I wish I can remember where I found the HOWTO that clued me in. Good luck. Gary P.S. Postfix experts, feel free to point out anything stupid in my configuration above. I have a cron that sends me a digest of all emails sent, and nothing unauthorized has gotten through yet (I hope), but I am no expert. On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 20:28:40 -0400, Glen Wagley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My brother-in-law has finally bugged me enough times about being able to send > mail through my server that I broke down and tried to figure out how to allow > authenticated users to send mail. Unfortunately, I can't seem to figure out what > I need to change in my postfix configuration to allow any authenticated user. I > see where I can specify mynetworks and mynetworks_style, but I'm not seeing > something that I can set that allows authenticated users to send. Thanx for any > and all postfix suggestions. I'd also like to know what some of you postfix > users have done to lockdown your mail servers. I've made sure that relaying > doesn't happen but what else is there to do? > > -- > Glen Wagley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible." > -Alan Kay > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
