AW: generic failure at /usr/lib/perl5/Cyrus/IMAP/Admin.pm line 118

[Rolf Suennen]

problem solved :)
user cyrus has to be member of sasl to be able
to read /var/run/saslauthd

greetings
rolf


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> [mailto:owner-info-cyrus at lists.andrew.cmu.edu]Im Auftrag von Rolf
> Suennen
> Gesendet: Freitag, 5. Dezember 2003 18:48
> An: info-cyrus at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
> Betreff: generic failure at /usr/lib/perl5/Cyrus/IMAP/Admin.pm line 118
>
>
>
> hi everybody,
> i try to install cyrus (Cyrus IMAP4 v2.1.13-IPv6-Debian-2.1.13-2)
> from a debian package and still have a problem to connect to
> cyradm using "cyradm --user cyrus --auth login --server localhost".
>
> i receive this error:
> Login failed: generic failure at
> /usr/lib/perl5/Cyrus/IMAP/Admin.pm line 118
> cyradm: cannot authenticate to server with mech login as user cyrus
>
> i'am using saslauthd / pam.
>
> i have a test-util (/usr/sbin/testsaslauthd) that tells me sasl2 is
> running fine - that meens the authentification of the user 'cyrus'
> using pam against saslauthd seems to be ok.
>
> imapd.conf:
> ===========
> allowplaintext: yes
> sasl_mech_list: PLAIN
> sasl_minimum_layer: 0
> sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd
> sasl_auto_transition: no
>
>
> syslog
> ======
> Dec  5 18:30:03 cfmxdb cyrus/imapd[691]: accepted connection
> Dec  5 18:30:06 cfmxdb cyrus/imapd[691]: badlogin: cfmxdb[127.0.0.1]
> plaintext cyrus SASL(-1): generic failure: checkpass failed
>
>
> auth.log:
> =========
> Dec  5 18:29:55 cfmxdb perl: No worthy mechs found
> Dec  5 18:30:06 cfmxdb cyrus/imapd[691]: cannot connect to
> saslauthd server:
> Connection refused
>
>
> anyone any hints ?
> T.I.A. !!!
>
> greets
> rolf
>
>