Newbie Cyrus Configuration

[tsg]

1. You sent the letter for me, but not to mail list
2. You can have a look my conf files www.bugalux.com/mbman/ (last slash!!!)
3. I' like to see the documentation you are asked for also.

6 Август 2003 02:26, Вы написали:
> Hi all,
> 	Thanks for the info that I have been receiving with Cyrus!  It turns out
> that did not start the saslauthd daemon.  Once I did this I can login to
> Cyrus via telnet.  Can someone point me in the direction of info on using
> Cyrus? (i.e. adding domains, users etc)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-info-cyrus at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
> [mailto:owner-info-cyrus at lists.andrew.cmu.edu]On Behalf Of tsg
> Sent: August 3, 2003 5:03 AM
> To: Norris Ward
> Cc: cyrus info
> Subject: Re: Newbie Cyrus Configuration
>
> 2 Август 2003 22:51, Norris Ward написал:
> > Hi all,
> >       OK, so I have installed and started cyrus-imapd onto my redhat box.
>
> I
>
> > have then edited the imapd.conf file and added an additional user as an
> > admin.  I am being stupid now..(I think) because I am unable to login via
> > web-cyradm interface or via the cyradm command line over telnet, via
> > telnet, here is the error message I receive.  Can someone tell me what I
> > may have missed?
>
> 1. Which mech do you use to authenticate users?
> 2. Have you added the new admin user there?
>
> > [nward at www nward]$ cyradm localhost
> > IMAP Password:
> >               Login failed: generic failure at
> > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i3
> > 86-linux/Cyrus/IMAP/Admin.pm line 118
> > cyradm: cannot authenticate to server with  as nward
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wil Cooley [mailto:wcooley at nakedape.cc]
> > Sent: July 26, 2003 3:41 PM
> > To: Norris Ward
> > Cc: cyrus info
> > Subject: Re: Newbie Cyrus Configuration
> >
> > On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 12:16, Norris Ward wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >             I am new to cyrus imap but I can navigate my way around
> > > RedHat 7.3 fairly well.  I want to reconfigure my email server away
> > > from
> >
> > imap-2001.
> >
> > > Where does cyrus-imap store it's config files?
> >
> > Typically, /etc/{config,imapd}.conf.  If you're using RH, use Simon
> > Matter's RPMs at http://home.teleport.ch/simix/.  He has RPMs built for
> > 7.2 and 8/9.  I've rebuilt them on 7.3 and they're available at
> > http://ftp.nakedape.cc/nakedape/rh73/rpm/.  Note that I have a couple
> > different options set by default than he does.
> >
> > You'll also need Cyrus-SASL 2, for which he also has 7.2 RPMs and I have
> > re-built them on 7.3.
> >
> > > Also from my readings of the
> > > cyrus info, I would like to clarify this: can  cyrus read the pam_db of
> > > my system to authenticate users that already exist?
> >
> > Yes, but this is Cyrus SASL's job, not Cyrus IMAP's.
> >
> > > Also can cyrus be
> > > configured to store users' mail files in their ~home dirs?
> >
> > No.  Cyrus IMAP uses it's own database mailbox storage, which cannot be
> > directly accessed by mail clients.  If this is a problem and you don't
> > need the enterprise capabilities Cyrus provides, I'd suggest you look
> > into Dovecot.
> >
> > Wil
> > --
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