pop3d using wrong auth mechanism

[Simon Matter]

> Hi.  I am trying to set up postfix and cyrus.  the issue i am having
> is with the pop3d.  here is my imapd config file:
>
> timeout:                30
> poptimeout:             10
> configdirectory:        /var/imap
> partition-default:      /var/spool/imap
> sievedir:               /var/imap/sieve
> tls_ca_path:            /etc/ssl/certs
> tls_cert_file:          /etc/ssl/cyrus/server.crt
> tls_key_file:           /etc/ssl/cyrus/server.key
> admins:                 cyrus
> hashimapspool:          yes
> allowanonymouslogin:    no
> allowplaintext:         yes
> sasl_pwcheck_method: auxprop
> sasl_auxprop_plugin: sasldb
> sasl_mech_list: PLAIN LOGIN CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5
>
> when i try to connect i get the following in the auth log:
>
> Nov 12 21:38:52 dellp4 pop3[15227]: _sasl_plugin_load failed on
> sasl_auxprop_plug_init for plugin: sql
> Nov 12 21:43:51 dellp4 pop3[15257]: SQL engine 'mysql' not supported
> Nov 12 21:43:51 dellp4 pop3[15257]: SQL engine 'mysql' not supported
> Nov 12 21:43:51 dellp4 pop3[15257]: auxpropfunc error no mechanism
> available
> Nov 12 21:43:51 dellp4 pop3[15257]: _sasl_plugin_load failed on
> sasl_auxprop_plug_init for plugin: sql
>
> why is it trying to use mysql?

I think you should remove the sasl-mysql package if you don't use it.

Simon

>
> loaction of sasldb2 file is /etc/sasl2/sasldb2
> location of imapd.conf is /etc/imapd.conf
>
> sasldblistusers2 sasldb2 command properly shows my users.
>
> only thing i can think of is a different conf file being read, but I
> can't find any other ones on my system.
>
> OS: Linux 2.6.17-gentoo-r8
>
> Thank You for any help.
>
> Ketema
>