authentication, shadow, linux

[Hennie Rautenbach]

Hi there folks,

I just installed the latest Cyrus IMAPD server on a Linux box (Redhat 
2.4.18-3 ?) [uname -r].

Anyway, I have it running but I'm unable to do authentication. I'd 
prefer to use the shadow passwd file. I'm sure this is a FAQ but I my 
wading through the archives haven't shown any useful pointers. How do I 
get Cyrus imap to authenticate through the shadow password file ?

The exact error:

[Spock!:/usr/cyrus]imtest spock
S: * OK spock.sabinet.co.za Cyrus IMAP4 v2.1.12-Invoca-RPM-2.1.12-3 
server readyC: C01 CAPABILITY
S: * CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 ACL QUOTA LITERAL+ MAILBOX-REFERRALS 
NAMESPACE UIDPLUS ID NO_ATOMIC_RENAME UNSELECT CHILDREN MULTIAPPEND SORT 
THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES IDLE LISTEXT LIST-SUBSCRIBED 
ANNOTATEMORE X-NETSCAPE
S: C01 OK Completed
Please enter your password:
C: L01 LOGIN cyrus {7}
S: + go ahead
C: <omitted>
S: L01 NO Login failed: no mechanism available
Authentication failed. generic failure
Security strength factor: 0
. logout
* BYE LOGOUT received
. OK Completed
Connection closed.
[Spock!:/usr/cyrus]

Any (even alternative) pointers most welcome.

Best regards,

Hennie

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