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Re: Still can't get SMTP AUTH working

From: Andreas Winkelmann (mlawinkelmann.de)
Date: Wed Oct 01 2003 - 10:11:57 CDT

Roberto Sanchez wrote:

>>> Is there a way to get SMTP AUTH working with SASL1?
>>
>> sure. copy /usr/local/sasl2/smtpd.conf to /usr/local/sasl/smtpd.conf,
>> start saslauthd, if you want to use that and see what happens.
>>
>> I do not run Debian, but AFAIK this should do the trick.
>>
> The problem is it doesn't do the trick. That is why I am really so
> frustrated.
>
> # cat /usr/lib/sasl/smtpd.conf
> pwcheck_method:saslauthd
> # cat /usr/lib/sasl2/smtpd.conf
> pwcheck_method:saslauthd
>
> The smptd.conf file in both places is identical. This problem is
> starting to drive me crazy.

saslauthd is sasl-v2.

If you want to use /etc/shadow:

pwcheck_method: shadow

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        Andreas