From: AlxFrag (alxfraggmail.com)
Date: Tue Jan 08 2008 - 06:16:54 CST

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mouss wrote:
> AlxFrag wrote:
>> 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
>>
>> **********************************************
>> 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?
>
> try:
>
> # su someuser
> % ls -l /usr/local/var/spool/authdaemon/socket
>
>
i tried:
#su courier
 ls -l /usr/local/var/spool/authdaemon/socket
ls: cannot access /usr/local/var/spool/authdaemon/socket: Permission denied

The pop/imap server runs under the user "courier" and authentication
works fine. Permission is for some reason denied to postfix only.

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