Fwd: Re: telnet hangs on the sasl2 part

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am 05.06.2017 um 12:22 schrieb Roelof Wobben:
> Op 5-6-2017 om 12:05 schreef Alexander Dalloz:
>> Am 05.06.2017 um 11:48 schrieb Roelof Wobben:
>>> I tried today with dovecot and I see the same problem.
>>> Everything works fine till I enable sasl_auth.
>>>
>>> Somone still a idea ?
>>>
>>> Roelof
>>
>> Start from scratch.
>>
>> Postfix and cyrus-sasl-lib are installed by default on CentOS 7.
>>
>> Edit /etc/sasl2/smtpd.conf with
>>
>> pwcheck_method: auxprop
>> mech_list: plain login
>>
>> Create your /etc/sasldb2 running
>>
>> saslpassd2 -u localhost roelof
>>
>> And finally enable SMTP AUTH for Postfix by
>>
>> postconf -e "smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes"
>> systemctl restart postfix
>>
>> (Note: once finished these basics move on and enable SMTP AUTH only 
>> for submission and remove it from SMTP port 25.)
>>
>> Alexander
>>
>>
> 
> The command saslpassd2 is not found. Also sasslpasswd2 is not found.
> And I check on a fresh install and cyrus-sasl was not installed.
> 
> Roelof

I said cyrus-sasl-lib is installed as a base package on CentOS 7. And 
that package ships /usr/sbin/saslpasswd2 (sorry for my typo saslpassd2).

Are you really running CentOS or is it some kind of crippled VPS install 
of a provider who just claims it is CentOS?