cyrus-sasl2 mysql postfix freebsd problem

[Andreas Winkelmann]

Am Friday 06 January 2006 20:25 schrieb David Newman:

> > AFAIR *BSD uses another Directory for the Config-File.
>
> correct. The FreeBSD port installs into /usr/local/lib/sasl2. I created a
> symlink to /usr/lib/sasl2, so the contents of the two directories are
> identical.
>
> > Just to test that,
> > change the mech_list Line and drop one of the two Mechanismsm. The
> > offered Mechanisms from Postfix should change.
> >
> > mech_list: plain
>
> That does change the auth mechanisms Postfix offers...
>
> 250-AUTH PLAIN

Ok, fine.

> ...but it doesn't address the underlying inability of cyrus-sasl2 and MySQL
> to get together:
>
> AUTH PLAIN dGVzdAB0ZXN0AHRlc3RwYXNz
> 535 Error: authentication failed
>
> Just as before.
>
> Again, I believe this issue has to do with my cyrus-sasl2 setup and not
> with postfix. Thanks in advance for any clues on this.

Please turn on Verbose-Logging in your MySQL-Server. Check if the Query 
arrives at the SQL-Server.

Hmm, are the Passwords in Cleartext in the DB?

-- 
	Andreas