request help on setting IMAP

[adam at morrison-ind.com]

>My intention is to create a mail server that is based on own database, not
>using linux's user database for my LAN using a web-based interface,
>squirrelmail that is.
>I have finally compiled BerkeleyDB, Cyrus-SASL and Cyrus-IMAP
>I'm only able to start sasl using "-a shadow"
>I think that by using "shadow", it  will utilise the same user db that is
>used by Linux's user database. I would prefer to use another simple internal
>db or file. Any suggestion on which easy-to-setup mechanism?

Use sasldb.  Add users with saslpasswd2 -c {username}.  Be sure to set
LUSER_RELAY or whatever your MDAs equivalent is.  And then you don't need posix
accounts.

>Another problem that occurs when i try to create mailbox in cyradm: auth.log
>perl: unable to dlopen /usr/lib/sasl2/libsasldb.so.2: libdb-4.0.so: cannot
>open shared object file: No such file or directory
>perl: unable to dlopen /usr/lib/sasl2/libotp.so.2: libdb-4.0.so: cannot open
>shared object file: No such file or directory
>perl: No worthy mechs found
>Any hint on where did i foul up?

Something is unhappy with db4, the library isn't available or your software
version doesn't support it.