Authetification HELP!!!

[Peter Burggraef]

Sorry, I need your help.

I spend a lot of hours with my cyrus server, but I sill have no idea how to 
solve my problem. 

I cannot authenticate. I installed cyrus21-admin cyrus21-common, 
cyrus21-imapd, sasl2-bin on a debian system.

I want to set up an autentification via sasldb, cause it seems to be the 
easiest way. I changed the permission of /etc/sasldb2 to cyrus.

I set up imapd.conf

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# Debian Cyrus imapd.conf
# See imapd.conf(5) for more information and more options

# Configuration directory
configdirectory: /var/lib/cyrus

# Which partition to use for default mailboxes
defaultpartition: default
partition-default: /var/spool/cyrus/mail

# News setup
partition-news: /var/spool/cyrus/news
newsspool: /var/spool/news

# Alternate namespace
# If enabled, activate the alternate namespace as documented in
# /usr/share/doc/cyrus2-common/html/altnamespace.html, where an user's
# subfolders are in the same level as the INBOX
altnamespace: no

# UNIX Hierarchy Convention
# Set to yes, and cyrus will accept dots in names, and use the forward
# slash "/" to delimit levels of the hierarchy. This is done by converting
# internally all dots to "^", and all "/" to dots. So the "rabbit.holes"
# mailbox of user "helmer.fudd" is stored in "user.elmer^fud.rabbit^holes"
#
# WARNING: This option does NOT apply to admin tools such as cyradm
# (admins ONLY), reconstruct, quota, etc., NOR does it affect LMTP delivery 
# of messages directly to mailboxes via plus-addressing.
# See also userprefix and sharedprefix on imapd.conf(5)
unixhierarchysep: no

# Munging illegal characters in headers
# Headers of RFC2882 messages must not have characters with the 8th bit
# set. However, too many badly-written MUAs generate this, including most
# spamware.  Disable this if you want Cyrus to leave the crappage untouched
# and you don't care that IMAP SEARCH won't work right anymore.
#munge8bit: no

# Forcing recipient user to lowercase
# Cyrus 2.1 is case-sensitive.  If all your mail users are in lowercase, it is
# probably a very good idea to set lmtp_downcase_rcpt to true.  The default is
# to assume the user knows what he is doing, and not downcase anything.
#lmtp_downcase_rcpt: yes

# Uncomment the following and add the space-separated users who 
# have admin rights for all services.
admins: cyrus

# Space-separated list of users that have lmtp "admin" status (i.e. that
# can deliver email through TCP/IP lmtp) in addition to those in the
# admins: entry above
#lmtp_admins: postman

# Space-separated list of users that have mupdate "admin" status, in
# addition to those in the admins: entry above. Note that mupdate slaves and 
# backends in a Murder cluster need to autenticate against the mupdate master
# as admin users.
#mupdate_admins: mupdateman

# Space-separated list of users that have imapd "admin" status, in
# addition to those in the admins: entry above
#imap_admins: cyrus

# Space-separated list of users that have sieve "admin" status, in
# addition to those in the admins: entry above
#sieve_admins: cyrus

# List of users and groups that are allowed to proxy for other users,
# seperated by spaces.  Any user listed in this will be allowed to login
# for any other user.  Like "admins:" above, you can have imap_proxyservers
# and sieve_proxyservers.
#proxyservers: cyrus

# No anonymous logins
allowanonymouslogin: no

# Minimum time between POP mail fetches in minutes
popminpoll: 1

# If nonzero, normal users may create their own IMAP accounts by creating
# the mailbox INBOX.  The user's quota is set to the value if it is positive,
# otherwise the user has unlimited quota.
autocreatequota: 0

# umask used by Cyrus programs
umask: 077

# Sendmail binary location (used by sieve)
#sendmail: /usr/sbin/sendmail

# If enabled, cyrdeliver will look for Sieve scripts in user's home
# directories: ~user/.sieve.
sieveusehomedir: false

# If sieveusehomedir is false, this directory is searched for Sieve scripts.
sievedir: /var/spool/sieve

# notifyd(8) method to use for "MAIL" notifications.  If not set, "MAIL"
# notifications are disabled.  Valid methods are: null, log, zephyr
#mailnotifier: zephyr

# notifyd(8) method to use for "SIEVE" notifications.  If not set, "SIEVE"
# notifications are disabled.  This method is only used when no method is
# specified in the script.  Valid methods are null, log, zephyr, mailto
#sievenotifier: zephyr

# DRAC (pop-before-smtp, imap-before-smtp) support
# Set dracinterval to the time in minutes to call DRAC while a user is
# connected to the imap/pop services. Set to 0 to disable DRAC (default)
# Set drachost to the host where the rpc drac service is running
#dracinterval: 0
#drachost: localhost

# If enabled, the partitions will also be hashed, in addition to the hashing
# done on configuration directories. This is recommended if one partition has 
a
# very bushy mailbox tree.
hashimapspool: true

# Allow plaintext logins by default (SASL PLAIN)
allowplaintext: yes

# Force PLAIN/LOGIN authentication only
# (you need to uncomment this if you are not using an auxprop-based SASL
# mechanism.  saslauthd users, that means you!). And pay attention to
# sasl_minimum_layer below, too.
#sasl_mech_list: PLAIN


# The minimum SSF that the server will allow a client to negotiate. A
# value of 1 requires integrity protection; any higher value requires some
# amount of encryption.
#sasl_minimum_layer: 0

# The maximum SSF that the server will allow a client to negotiate. A
# value of 1 requires integrity protection; any higher value requires some
# amount of encryption.
#sasl_maximum_layer: 256

# List of remote realms whose users may log in using cross-realm
# authentications.  Seperate each realm name by a space. A cross-realm
# identity is considered any identity returned by SASL with an "@" in it.
#loginrealms:

#
# SASL library options (these are handled directly by the SASL libraries,
# refer to SASL documentation for an up-to-date list of these)
#

# The mechanism(s) used by the server to verify plaintext passwords. Possible
# values are "saslauthd", "auxprop", "pwcheck" and "alwaystrue".  They
# are tried in order, you can specify more than one, separated by spaces.
#
# Do note that, since sasl will be run as user cyrus, you may have a lot of
# trouble to set this up right.
sasl_pwcheck_method: auxprob 

# What auxpropd plugins to load, if using sasl_pwcheck_method: auxprop
# by default, all plugins are tried (which is probably NOT what you want).
sasl_auxprop_plugin: sasldb

# If enabled, the SASL library will automatically create authentication 
secrets
# when given a plaintext password. Refer to SASL documentation
sasl_auto_transition: no

#
# SSL/TLS Options
#

# File containing the global certificate used for ALL services (imap, pop3,
# lmtp, sieve)
#tls_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/cyrus-global.pem

# File containing the private key belonging to the global server certificate.
#tls_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/cyrus-global.key

# File containing the certificate used for imap. If not specified, the global
# certificate is used.  A value of "disabled" will disable SSL/TLS for imap.
#tls_imap_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/cyrus-imap.pem

# File containing the private key belonging to the imap-specific server
# certificate.  If not specified, the global private key is used.  A value of
# "disabled" will disable SSL/TLS for imap.
#tls_imap_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/cyrus-imap.key

# File containing the certificate used for pop3. If not specified, the global
# certificate is used.  A value of "disabled" will disable SSL/TLS for pop3.
#tls_pop3_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/cyrus-pop3.pem

# File containing the private key belonging to the pop3-specific server
# certificate.  If not specified, the global private key is used.  A value of
# "disabled" will disable SSL/TLS for pop3.
#tls_pop3_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/cyrus-pop3.key

# File containing the certificate used for lmtp. If not specified, the global
# certificate is used.  A value of "disabled" will disable SSL/TLS for lmtp.
#tls_lmtp_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/cyrus-lmtp.pem

# File containing the private key belonging to the lmtp-specific server
# certificate.  If not specified, the global private key is used.  A value of
# "disabled" will disable SSL/TLS for lmtp.
#tls_lmtp_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/cyrus-lmtp.key

# File containing the certificate used for sieve. If not specified, the global
# certificate is used.  A value of "disabled" will disable SSL/TLS for sieve.
#tls_sieve_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/cyrus-sieve.pem

# File containing the private key belonging to the sieve-specific server
# certificate.  If not specified, the global private key is used.  A value of
# "disabled" will disable SSL/TLS for sieve.
#tls_sieve_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/cyrus-sieve.key

# File containing one or more Certificate Authority (CA) certificates.
#tls_ca_file: /etc/ssl/certs/cyrus-imapd-ca.pem

# Path to directory with certificates of CAs.
tls_ca_path: /etc/ssl/certs

# The length of time (in minutes) that a TLS session will be cached for later
# reuse.  The maximum value is 1440 (24 hours), the default.  A value of 0 
will
# disable session caching.
tls_session_timeout: 1440

# The list of SSL/TLS ciphers to allow.  The format of the string is described
# in ciphers(1). THIS DISABLES THE WEAK 'FOR EXPORT' CRAP!
tls_cipher_list: TLSv1:SSLv3:SSLv2:!NULL:!EXPORT:!DES:!LOW:@STRENGTH

# Require a client certificate for ALL services (imap, pop3, lmtp, sieve).
#tls_require_cert: false

# Require a client certificate for imap ONLY.
#tls_imap_require_cert: false

# Require a client certificate for pop3 ONLY.
#tls_pop3_require_cert: false

# Require a client certificate for lmtp ONLY.
#tls_lmtp_require_cert: false

# Require a client certificate for sieve ONLY.
#tls_sieve_require_cert: false

#
# Cyrus Murder cluster configuration
#
# Set the following options to the values needed for this server to
# autenticate against the mupdate master server:
# mupdate_server
# mupdate_port
# mupdate_username
# mupdate_authname
# mupdate_realm
# mupdate_password
# mupdate_retry_delay

##
## KEEP THESE IN SYNC WITH cyrus.conf
##
# Unix domain socket that lmtpd listens on.
lmtpsocket: /var/run/cyrus/socket/lmtp

# Unix domain socket that idled listens on.
idlesocket: /var/run/cyrus/socket/idle

# Unix domain socket that the new mail notification daemon listens on.
notifysocket: /var/run/cyrus/socket/notify

##
## DEBUGGING
##
# Debugging hook. See /usr/share/doc/cyrus21-common/README.Debian.debug
# Keep the hook disabled when it is not in use
#
# gdb Back-traces
#debug_command: /usr/bin/gdb -batch -cd=/tmp -x 
/usr/lib/cyrus/get-backtrace.gdb /usr/lib/cyrus/bin/%s %d 
>/tmp/gdb-backtrace.cyrus.%1$s.%2$d <&- 2>&1 &
#
# system-call traces
#debug_command: /usr/bin/strace -tt -o /tmp/strace.cyrus.%s.%d -p %2$d <&- 
2>&1 &
#
# library traces
#debug_command: /usr/bin/ltrace -tt -n 2 -o /tmp/ltrace.cyrus.%s.%d -p %2$d 
<&- 2>&1 &

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I used saslpasswd2 to create user cyrus. sasldblistuser2 lists all users.

imtest can connect to the server.

But I cannot login with cyradm.

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peter at server:~$ su cyrus
Password:
cyrus at server:/home/peter$ cyradm
cyradm> connect localhost

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nothing happens, until I hit return for 3 times

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server: localhost: cannot authenticate
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My auth.log 

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Feb  4 00:37:45 server cyrus/imapd[9996]: OTP unavailable because can't 
read/wri                 te key database /etc/opiekeys: No such file or 
directory
Feb  4 00:37:45 server cyrus/imapd[9996]: DIGEST-MD5 server step 1
Feb  4 00:37:45 server perl: DIGEST-MD5 client step 2
Feb  4 00:38:01 server PAM_unix[9997]: (cron) session opened for user mail by 
(u                 id=0)
Feb  4 00:38:01 server PAM_unix[9997]: (cron) session closed for user mail
Feb  4 00:39:20 server cyrus/imapd[9996]: DIGEST-MD5 server step 2
Feb  4 00:39:20 server cyrus/imapd[9996]: client response doesn't match what 
we                  generated
Feb  4 00:39:23 server perl: NTLM client step 1
Feb  4 00:39:23 server cyrus/imapd[9996]: NTLM server step 1
Feb  4 00:39:23 server perl: NTLM client step 2
Feb  4 00:39:23 server perl: No worthy mechs found
Feb  4 00:41:30 server su[10029]: + pts/0 cyrus-root
Feb  4 00:41:30 server PAM_unix[10029]: (su) session opened for user root by 
pet                 er(uid=101)

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here my syslog:

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Feb  4 00:36:56 server cyrus/master[9983]: about to exec 
/usr/lib/cyrus/bin/lmtpd
Feb  4 00:36:56 server cyrus/lmtpunix[9983]: executed
Feb  4 00:36:56 server cyrus/lmtpd[9983]: telling master 2
Feb  4 00:36:56 server cyrus/master[9921]: service lmtpunix now has 0 workers
Feb  4 00:36:56 server cyrus/lmtpd[9983]: accepted connection
Feb  4 00:36:56 server cyrus/lmtpd[9983]: telling master 3
Feb  4 00:36:56 server cyrus/master[9921]: service lmtpunix now has 0 workers
Feb  4 00:36:56 server cyrus/lmtpd[9983]: lmtp connection preauth'd as postman
Feb  4 00:36:56 server cyrus/lmtpd[9983]: telling master 1
Feb  4 00:36:56 server cyrus/master[9921]: service lmtpunix now has 1 workers
Feb  4 00:37:35 server wu-ftpd[9971]: FTP session closed
Feb  4 00:37:45 server cyrus/master[9996]: about to exec 
/usr/lib/cyrus/bin/imapd
Feb  4 00:37:45 server cyrus/imap[9996]: executed
Feb  4 00:37:45 server cyrus/imapd[9996]: telling master 2
Feb  4 00:37:45 server cyrus/master[9921]: service imap now has 0 workers
Feb  4 00:37:45 server cyrus/imapd[9996]: accepted connection
Feb  4 00:37:45 server cyrus/imapd[9996]: telling master 3
Feb  4 00:37:45 server cyrus/master[9921]: service imap now has 0 workers
Feb  4 00:37:56 server cyrus/lmtpd[9983]: telling master 2
Feb  4 00:37:56 server cyrus/master[9921]: service lmtpunix now has 0 workers
Feb  4 00:37:56 server cyrus/master[9921]: process 9983 exited, status 0
Feb  4 00:38:01 server /USR/SBIN/CRON[9998]: (mail) CMD (  if [ -x 
/usr/sbin/exim -a -f /etc/exim/exim.conf ]; then /usr/sbin/exim -q ; fi)
Feb  4 00:39:20 server cyrus/imapd[9996]: badlogin: localhost[127.0.0.1] 
DIGEST-MD5 [SASL(-13): authentication failure: client response doesn't match 
what we generated]
Feb  4 00:41:09 server cyrus/imapd[9996]: telling master 1
Feb  4 00:41:09 server cyrus/master[9921]: service imap now has 1 workers
Feb  4 00:42:09 server cyrus/imapd[9996]: telling master 2
Feb  4 00:42:09 server cyrus/master[9921]: service imap now has 0 workers
Feb  4 00:42:09 server cyrus/master[9921]: process 9996 exited, status 0


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When I login with imtest:

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cyrus at server:/var/log$ imtest localhost
S: * OK server Cyrus IMAP4 v2.1.11-Debian-8 server ready
C: 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 AUTH=NTLM AUTH=DIGEST-MD5 
AUTH=CRAM-MD5 LISTEXT LIST-SUBSCRIBED ANNOTATEMORE
S: C01 OK Completed
C: A01 AUTHENTICATE DIGEST-MD5
S: + a lot of caracters
Please enter your password:
C:  a lot of caracters
S: + a lot of caracters
C:
S: A01 OK Success (privacy protection)
Authenticated.
Security strength factor: 128

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So for me it seems, imtest is OK.

What can I do. What is my mistake.

I thank you for your help!!!!!

Greetings
Peter