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SASL authentication failure: cannot connect to Courier authdaemond: Permission denied

From: AlxFrag (alxfraggmail.com)
Date: Tue Jan 08 2008 - 05:36:21 CST


hi,

i'm trying to use cyrus sasl with postfix. but i get the error: "SASL
authentication failure: cannot connect to Courier authdaemond:
Permission denied".

postconf -n shows:

alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/aliases
broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes
command_directory = /usr/sbin
config_directory = /etc/postfix
daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
debug_peer_level = 2
html_directory = no
local_recipient_maps = ldap:/etc/postfix/local_recipients.cf
mail_owner = postfix
mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq
manpage_directory = /usr/local/man
message_size_limit = 20480000
mydestination =
mydomain = soc.uoc.gr
mynetworks = 127.0.0.1, my_other_ips
newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases
queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix
readme_directory = no
recipient_delimiter = +
sample_directory = /etc/postfix
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail
setgid_group = postdrop
smtpd_recipient_restrictions =
permit_mynetworks,permit_sasl_authenticated,reject_unauth_destination
smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtpd_sasl_local_domain =
smtpd_sasl_path = smtpd
smtpd_sender_restrictions = check_sender_access
hash:/etc/postfix/block_senders
unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550
virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/alias_domains
virtual_gid_maps = ldap:/etc/postfix/virtual_gid.cf
virtual_mailbox_base = /
virtual_mailbox_domains = my_virtual_domain
virtual_mailbox_maps = ldap:/etc/postfix/virtual_mailbox_maps.cf
virtual_minimum_uid = 100
virtual_uid_maps = ldap:/etc/postfix/virtual_uid.cf

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in smtpd.conf:

pwcheck_method: authdaemond
mech_list: PLAIN LOGIN
authdaemond_path: /usr/local/var/spool/authdaemon/socket

ls -l /usr/local/var/spool/authdaemon/socket shows:

srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2008-01-08 13:15

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
Alexandros