Login failed: generic failure at /usr/lib/perl5... line 114

[Simon Matter]

> Jake Carlson schrieb:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> After trying in vain for quite some time to compile Cyrus 2.1.9 from
> source, I finally gave up and opted for some rpms.  I have
> successfully installed some Cyrus 2.1.9 rpms I found on the Net just
> recently.  I have both the cyrus server and cyrus sasl2 running right
> now.  However, each time I try to login, I am given an error from the
> Admin.pm script, as follows:

Try 'cyradm --user=cyrus --auth=login localhost'
HTH
Simon

> 
> [root at biggie rpms]# cyradm -user cyrus localhost
> IMAP Password:
>               Login failed: generic failure at
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i386-linux/Cyrus/IMAP/Admin.pm line 114
> cyradm: cannot authenticate to server with  as cyrus
> 
> Any ideas?  I am VERY new to Unix, so I'm expecting my error to be
> pretty stupid.  Here's my imap.conf file:
> 
> configdirectory: /var/lib/imap
> partition-default: /var/spool/imap
> admins: cyrus
> allowanonymouslogin: no
> sieveuserhomedir: no
> sievedir: /var/lib/imap/sieve
> sendmail: /usr/sbin/sendmail
> hashimapspool: true
> sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd
> sasl_mech_list: PLAIN
> tls_cert_file: /usr/share/ssl/certs/cyrus-imapd.pem
> tls_key_file: /usr/share/ssl/certs/cyrus-imapd.pem
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated! :)
> 
> Thanks,
> Jake Carlson