pop3d using wrong auth mechanism

Ketema Harris ketema at gmail.com
Mon Nov 13 08:38:09 EST 2006


Not exactly sure what you are saying.  Are you thinking because I  
built it with pqsql support it wants to load mysql as well?  Why  
would it do this if there is no directive to do so in the conf file?

Ketema Harris
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On Nov 13, 2006, at 7:33 AM, Simon Matter wrote:

>> I don't think it was built with it.  my USE flags are: dev-libs/ 
>> cyrus-
>> sasl-2.1.22-r1  USE="berkdb crypt java pam postgres ssl - 
>> authdaemond -
>> gdbm -kerberos -ldap -mysql -ntlm_unsupported_patch -sample -srp -
>> urandom" which is the same as --without-mysql.  smtpd works fine
>> using the below config file:
>
> Maybe the problem is that you have the sql module built and it  
> tries to
> load the mysql module if not configured.
>
> Simon
>
>>
>> pwcheck_method:auxprop
>> mech_list: PLAIN LOGIN CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5
>> auxprop_plugin: sasldb
>>
>> So what's up with imapd?  Should I remove the sasl from in front of
>> pwcheck_method?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> On Nov 13, 2006, at 12:53 AM, Simon Matter wrote:
>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>



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