Patrick,

I don't want to use my provider's servers. I have rented a Linux box
that is set up at my provider's computer center. I have full root access
there. I have set it up to be my mail-server, so it has to get and
deliver my emails. This means I want it to act as my SMTP server. As
Postfix only allows SMTP-RELAY from a known network and I want to be
able to access it from any where (especially as I use a dial-up line, I
don't have permanent Ips).

That leads me back to the SMTP AUTH solution. I also have set it up, but
the PAM authentication still doesn't work. It can't check the
user/password combinations sent to it. As far as I could gather
information this is caused by Postfix not running as root.

Any solutions?

Alexander

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: owner-postfix-userspostfix.org
[mailto:owner-postfix-userspostfix.org] Im Auftrag von Patrick Ben
Koetter
Gesendet: Montag, 23. September 2002 20:40
An: postfix-userspostfix.org
Betreff: RE: Problems with POstfix+SASL+PAM

Hi Alexander,

> I'm trying to get Postfix to simply act as an SMTP-server an to
> deliver

you want Postfix to SMTP AUTH with your providers mailserver? Then you
don't need PAM. Before we go any further: What System, OS, Version,
Postfix-Version and last but not least Cyrus-SASL version do you use?

> AUTH using Cyrus-SASL with PAM for the authentication. This doesn't
> work, because Postfix doesn't run as root and thus PAM can't read
> /etc/passwd - great!

Believe me: This is great!

prick

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