"Can't locate loadable" Perl module when running cyradm
Conrad Kleinespel
conradk at conradk.com
Sat May 23 09:34:05 EDT 2015
Hello Ellie,
Thanks a lot ! This helped a lot ! :-)
Did just what you said about START=yes and MECHANISM=sasldb and I have
saslauthd running automatically too now.
Best regards,
Conrad Kleinespel
conradk at conradk.com
+33 6 23 82 42 79
On Fri, May 22, 2015, at 07:00 AM, ellie timoney wrote:
> I also had to update /etc/default/saslauthd, and set:
>
> START=yes #default was no
> MECHANISM="sasldb" #default was "pam"
>
> Then rebooting got me saslauthd running by default.
>
> I then start up cyrus, and can use something like:
> /path/to/cyrus/bin/imtest -a ellie -m login -p imap localhost
> to verify that login to the cyrus server works with the sasl credentials
> created earlier.
>
> For whatever reason, manually invoking "sudo /etc/init.d/saslauthd
> start" would report success but wouldn't actually start the service (no
> saslauthd processes running). The comments in the file above state that
> "START=yes" is only required to start the service automatically on
> startup (implying that "no" is ok if you intend to start it by hand),
> but in my experimentation it seems like it's required for the service to
> start at all (at least if you're using the init.d script).
>
> I still haven't had to change any permissions on /var/run/saslauthd
>
> On Fri, May 22, 2015, at 10:05 AM, ellie timoney wrote:
> > Sorry for late response, I've been away from the office and therefore
> > away from my dev machine.
> >
> > > I installed "saslpasswd2" with:
> > > sudo apt-get install sasl2-bin
> >
> > Yep
> >
> > > I launched the saslauth daemon with the following command:
> > > sudo -g sasl saslauthd -a sasldb -d -m /var/run/saslauthd/ -V
> > >
> >
> > The usual way on Debian/Ubuntu and similar would be:
> > sudo /etc/init.d/saslauthd start
> >
> > (I think RedHat/Fedora/CentOS/etc use something like "sudo service
> > saslauthd start")
> >
> > > I setup a user with:
> > > sudo saslpasswd2 -c conradk
> > >
> > > I tested that the user was OK with:
> > > sudo testsaslauthd -u conradk -p secret_password
> >
> > Yep
> >
> > > I gave access to saslauthd to Cyrus with (I recommend not setting these
> > > permissions in production unless you are sure you know the implications,
> > > I don't, but this is for local development on my machine):
> > > sudo usermod -aG sasl cyrus
> > > sudo usermod -aG sasl conradk
> > > sudo setfacl -dRm g:sasl:rwx /var/run/saslauthd
> > > sudo setfacl -Rm g:sasl:rwx /var/run/saslauthd
> > > sudo setfacl -dRm g:mail:rwx /var/run/saslauthd
> > > sudo setfacl -Rm g:mail:rwx /var/run/saslauthd
> > > sudo setfacl -dRm u:cyrus:rwx /var/run/saslauthd
> > > sudo setfacl -Rm u:cyrus:rwx /var/run/saslauthd
> > > sudo setfacl -dRm u:conradk:rwx /var/run/saslauthd
> > > sudo setfacl -Rm u:conradk:rwx /var/run/saslauthd
> >
> > I haven't had to do most of this when installing the entire stack
> > (cyrus, sasl, and so on) from apt packages, only needed to add cyrus
> > user to the sasl group (makes sense - I would expect all the apt
> > packages to be mutually configured to cooperate out of the box). But I
> > haven't got an environment build from cyrus source running correctly
> > yet, so I'll see if this helps.
> >
> > > For completeness, here's my /etc/imapd.conf file:
> > > configdirectory: /home/conradk/.cyrus-server/var/imap
> > > partition-default: /home/conradk/.cyrus-server/var/spool/imap
> > > admins: conradk
> > > sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd
> > > allowplaintext: yes
> >
> > >From what I've seen it's "preferable" to use:
> > sasl_pwcheck_method: auxprop
> > sasl_auxprop_plugin: sasldb
> >
> > rather than:
> > sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd
> >
> > ... though I'm not sure of the ramifications of either.
> >
> > On Tue, May 19, 2015, at 08:58 AM, Conrad Kleinespel wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have finally got cyradm to connect to the Cyrus server through SASL.
> > > I'm documenting what I did for convenience and so it's written
> > > somewhere. Maybe it can help others.
> > >
> > > I installed "saslpasswd2" with:
> > > sudo apt-get install sasl2-bin
> > >
> > > I launched the saslauth daemon with the following command:
> > > sudo -g sasl saslauthd -a sasldb -d -m /var/run/saslauthd/ -V
> > >
> > > I setup a user with:
> > > sudo saslpasswd2 -c conradk
> > >
> > > I tested that the user was OK with:
> > > sudo testsaslauthd -u conradk -p secret_password
> > >
> > > I gave access to saslauthd to Cyrus with (I recommend not setting these
> > > permissions in production unless you are sure you know the implications,
> > > I don't, but this is for local development on my machine):
> > > sudo usermod -aG sasl cyrus
> > > sudo usermod -aG sasl conradk
> > > sudo setfacl -dRm g:sasl:rwx /var/run/saslauthd
> > > sudo setfacl -Rm g:sasl:rwx /var/run/saslauthd
> > > sudo setfacl -dRm g:mail:rwx /var/run/saslauthd
> > > sudo setfacl -Rm g:mail:rwx /var/run/saslauthd
> > > sudo setfacl -dRm u:cyrus:rwx /var/run/saslauthd
> > > sudo setfacl -Rm u:cyrus:rwx /var/run/saslauthd
> > > sudo setfacl -dRm u:conradk:rwx /var/run/saslauthd
> > > sudo setfacl -Rm u:conradk:rwx /var/run/saslauthd
> > >
> > > Then, something like this should work (note I execute the command as the
> > > "cyrus" user):
> > > sudo -u cyrus testsaslauthd -u cyrus -p secret_password
> > >
> > > I connected to Cyrus with cyradm from within Docker like this:
> > > cyradm --user cyrus --notls --auth PLAIN $docker_host_ip
> > >
> > > For completeness, here's my /etc/imapd.conf file:
> > > configdirectory: /home/conradk/.cyrus-server/var/imap
> > > partition-default: /home/conradk/.cyrus-server/var/spool/imap
> > > admins: conradk
> > > sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd
> > > allowplaintext: yes
> > >
> > > Note that I set "allowplaintext" to "yes" and "sasl_pwcheck_method" is
> > > set to "saslauthd", which is what I'm using in the examples above.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Conrad Kleinespel
> > > conradk at conradk.com
> > > +33 6 23 82 42 79
> > >
> > > On Mon, May 18, 2015, at 11:22 AM, Conrad Kleinespel wrote:
> > > > Hello again,
> > > >
> > > > I have not yet found a way to run "cyradm" directly on my machine. So I
> > > > downloaded the Docker images (from
> > > > https://git.cyrus.foundation/diffusion/ID/) and now I can run "cyradm"
> > > > from within Docker. This seems to work as expected: I can connect to the
> > > > Docker host from within a container.
> > > >
> > > > However, when I run something like "cyradm --user conradk 172.17.42.1"
> > > > (when the IP is the IMAP server's IP), "cyradm" requires a password.
> > > > >From what I understand after some Google searches, I need to use a tool
> > > > called "saslpasswd2" to set the password of my admin user. This tools is
> > > > apparently not in the Docker image.
> > > >
> > > > So I went to download Cyrus SASL (from
> > > > https://git.cyrus.foundation/diffusion/S/). I followed the instructions
> > > > from "doc/install.html" but when running "./configure", I get an error I
> > > > don't understand:
> > > >
> > > > ./configure: line 5574: syntax error near unexpected token
> > > > `SASL_DB_LIB=""'
> > > > ./configure: line 5574: `SASL_DB_LIB=""'
> > > >
> > > > I tried running "SASL_DB_LIB=`pwd`/sasldb ./configure" but that doesn't
> > > > change anything.
> > > >
> > > > If you know a way to make this work, I would be grateful for your help
> > > > :-)
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > >
> > > > Conrad Kleinespel
> > > > conradk at conradk.com
> > > > +33 6 23 82 42 79
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, May 17, 2015, at 05:11 PM, Conrad Kleinespel wrote:
> > > > > I forgot to mention something in the steps to reproduce. Right after
> > > > > cloning, I built Cyrus like so:
> > > > >
> > > > > autoreconf -s -i
> > > > > ./configure CFLAGS="-Wno-unused-parameter -g -O0 -Wall -Wextra
> > > > > -Werror" --enable-coverage --enable-http --enable-unit-tests
> > > > > --enable-replication --with-openssl=yes --enable-nntp
> > > > > --enable-murder --enable-idled --prefix=`pwd` --enable-sieve && make
> > > > > && make install
> > > > > make lex-fix
> > > > > make
> > > > > make install
> > > > >
> > > > > Note that the "prefix" is set to the directory of the "master" branch.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks again for any help you can provide,
> > > > >
> > > > > Best regards,
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Conrad Kleinespel
> > > > > conradk at conradk.com
> > > > > +33 6 23 82 42 79
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sun, May 17, 2015, at 05:00 PM, Conrad Kleinespel wrote:
> > > > > > Hello everyone,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm setting up a Cyrus / Sendmail server. I wanted to create a mailbox,
> > > > > > so I tried doing this with the "cyradm" tool. Unfortunately, I'm
> > > > > > struggling with Perl errors, specifically:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Can't locate loadable object for module Cyrus::IMAP in @INC (@INC
> > > > > > contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.20.2
> > > > > > /usr/local/share/perl/5.20.2 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.20
> > > > > > /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.20
> > > > > > /usr/share/perl/5.20 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Steps to reproduce on my machine are:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > - clone the cyrus-imapd "master" branch
> > > > > > - change directory to "perl/imap/blib/lib/"
> > > > > > - run this command: perl -e"use Cyrus::IMAP;"
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm thinking this may be a missing library on my machine. But I have not
> > > > > > yet found a way to know which one. The packages "Carp" and "IO::File"
> > > > > > are both available. Cyrus builds fine and is running. I'm on Ubuntu
> > > > > > Linux 15.04.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Would you know a way to get this to work ?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I appreciate you taking the time to read this and am grateful for any
> > > > > > help / tips / hints :-)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Conrad Kleinespel
> > > > > > conradk at conradk.com
> > > > > > +33 6 23 82 42 79
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