Can't successfully test credentials I just created

[Vladimir V. Kamarzin]

>>>>> On 18 Nov 2008 at 21:11 "AO" == Ann Onemouse writes:

>> testsaslauthd -u relay -p 1234 - works or not? I think that current
>> cyrus-sasl
>> is broken in this place.
AO> It does not work for me with "pam". In order to get the testsaslauthd
AO> command to work against regular shell accounts, I have to use the
AO> "shadow"  mechanism, either by setting it in /etc/sysconfig/saslauthd,
AO> or on the command-line.

>> "-a pam -n 0" - works fine.
>> "-a pam" - works for 3-4 times, than stop working:
>> ...
>> 1569  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    Nov17   0:00 [saslauthd]
>> <defunct>
>>
>> Do you confirm same behavior of saslauthd?
AO> I'm afraid I cannot. On my system (CentOS 5.2 and cyrus-sasl RPM
AO> 2.1.22.4), the testsaslauthd command behaves consistently, and does
AO> not cause the server process to go defunct, no matter how many times I
AO> run it (I tried 100 times).

Yes, "shadow" mechanism works pretty well, but my problem description affects
only "pam" mechanism. If someone can run test that i described and confirm
problem, i can report it into bugzilla with "clear soul" ;)

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vvk