From: Ali Naddaf (alinaddaf.org)
Date: Sat May 06 2006 - 11:58:47 CDT

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It is not running chrooted.
Ali.

Greg Hackney wrote:
> Ali Naddaf wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone.
>>
>> I am trying to set up Postfix + ldap+ imap+ sasl. My box is Debian
>> Sarge. Most pieces seem to work but SASL authentication for SMTP is
>> not happening. When I try to login using telnet to port 25, and then
>> AUTH PLAIN *****, the log file shows:
>>
>> postfix/smtpd[1570]: warning: SASL authentication failure: cannot
>> connect to saslauthd server: Permission denied
>>
>> When I use testsaslautd, it works fine. I searched Google and there
>> were many hits for this error but none seemed to have been related or
>> relevant to my case, as far as I can see. If anyone needs any
>> particular information to be able to help me, I would be more than
>> glad to provide that information.
>>
>> Many thanks
>> Ali.
>
> Is it possible that you are running Postfix "chrooted" ?
>
> The Postfix readme on SASL says:
> "To run software chrooted with SASL support is an interesting
> exercise. It
> probably is not worth the trouble."
>
> heh
> --
> Greg
>

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