login failed in cyradm

[Simon Matter]

Hi,

Did you create the file /etc/sysconfig/saslauthd? You have to put
'MECH=pam' into the file and restart saslauthd, otherwise saslauthd on
RedHat 9 will default to use shadow instead of pam.

HTH
Simon

> I just installed cyrus 2.1.13  on redhat 9.0 linux
> I am using saslauthd and backend pam ldap to authenticate
>
> After making the configuration in /etc/imapd.conf and /etc/ldap.conf and
> /etc/pamd
> I am able to login to the imap server by using raw telnet commands
>
> telnet localhost 143
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> * OK mail2.netcore.co.in Cyrus IMAP4 v2.1.13 server ready
> a1 login cyrus mypassword
> a1 OK User logged in
>
>
> But when I use cyradm I get authentication failed.
> And in syslog an error like
> perl: no worthy mechs found
>
>
> then I changed the system password of cyrus to the same as the ldap one
> Now it works
> Meaning cyradm uses system-auth for authentication.
> my /etc/pam.d/imap looks like this
>
> auth       sufficient   /lib/security/pam_ldap.so
> account    sufficient   /lib/security/pam_ldap.so
>
>
> Can anyone help me understand  why cyradm uses system-auth as the
> mechanism
>
> Thanks
> Ram
>
>
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