saslauthd/PAM IP logging on failure

omalleys at msu.edu omalleys at msu.edu
Mon Apr 4 09:57:41 EDT 2011


Try:
saslauthd -d -n0

-d is the saslauthd debug flag.
for pam you need -n 0  (-n5 is default)
(and you can put these in the startup script and IIRC there is a  
configuration file this.)

saslauthd logs it's activities via syslogd using the LOG_AUTH facility.




Quoting Amir 'CG' Caspi <cepheid at 3phase.com>:

> Hi,
>
> 	I'm not sure how saslauthd would log the remote host if it's not  
> being passed that info... but I'm willing to enable debug flags,  
> etc.  If you can tell me where to turn on the debug flags, and how  
> to configure syslog to see the info, I'm totally willing to give it  
> a shot, to see if I can get that info into the log.
> 	However, this is the first I've heard of saslauthd even having that  
> info - everyone previously had said that the code would need to be  
> modified.
>
> Thanks!
> 						--- Amir
>
> At 8:39 AM -0400 04/04/2011, omalleys at msu.edu wrote:
>> It sounds like Sendmail isn't sending the correct data, or in the  
>> correct format. I believe sasl/saslauthd logs the remote, but I  
>> think you need to use the debug flag and have syslog configured  
>> properly to see it.
>



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