saslauthd -a rimap

[Gert Cuykens]

On 7/31/07, Patrick Ben Koetter <p at state-of-mind.de> wrote:
> * Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens at gmail.com>:
> > On 7/31/07, Patrick Ben Koetter <p at state-of-mind.de> wrote:
> > > * Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens at gmail.com>:
> > > > saslauthd -a rimap
> > > > saslauthd[7569] :set_auth_mech   : failed to initialize mechanism rimap
> > > >
> > > > What does this mean ?
> > >
> > > What does "saslauthd -v" give you?
> >
> > root at www:~# saslauthd -v
> > saslauthd 2.1.22
> > authentication mechanisms: sasldb getpwent kerberos5 pam rimap shadow ldap
>
> So saslauthd supports rimap. What I miss in your initial "saslauthd -a rimap"
> command line argument is that you tell saslauthd which IMAP-server it should
> turn to.
>
> Have you tried "saslauthd -a rimap -O imap.example.com" where
> imap.example.com is your desired IMAP host?

root at www:~# saslauthd -a rimap -O localhost
saslauthd[5916] :main            : could not chdir to: /var/run/saslauthd
saslauthd[5916] :main            : chdir: No such file or directory
saslauthd[5916] :main            : Check to make sure the directory
exists and is
saslauthd[5916] :main            : writeable by the user this process runs as.
root at www:~# mkdir /var/run/saslauthd
root at www:~# saslauthd -a rimap -O localhost
root at www:~# vi /var/lib/mysql/mail.log
root at www:~# saslauthd -a rimap -O localhost
saslauthd[5927] :detach_tty      : Cannot start saslauthd
saslauthd[5927] :detach_tty      : Another instance of saslauthd is
currently running
root at www:~#

Oh oh something happening :) So how do i try to log in ?