authentication, shadow, linux

[Simon Matter]

Hennie Rautenbach schrieb:
> 
> Simon Matter wrote:
> 
> >Since you are using my rpms, it should be very simple. A little bit more
> >info would be nice however, do you use RedHat 8.0?
> >
> 
> Redhat 6.2
> 
> Would this be a problem with the new RPM ?

No.

> 
> >First, please rebuild and upgrade to the latest cyrus-imapd rpm from my
> >website. Then, set a password for the cyrus UNIX user by using 'passwd
> >cyrus'. Then make sure saslauthd is started and configured to use either
> >shadow directly or PAM.
> >
> >chkconfig saslauthd on
> >service saslauthd start
> >
> >Now, run cyrus-imapd but make sure you didn't change any settings in
> >/etc/imapd.conf!
> >
> >service cyrus-imapd start
> >
> >Now try:
> >cyradm --user=cyrus --auth=login localhost
> >
> >Does it work? I'm sure it does!
> >
> 
> Thanks, will try and confirm.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Hennie
> 
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