Authentication (Total Confusion)

[Rob Siemborski]

On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Mike's List wrote:

> > Wait -- are you using sasldb, saslauthd with the rimap backend, or shadow
> > password authentication (or some combination)?
>
> I'm using saslauthd, but saslauthd -a shows the below options,
> uthentication mechanisms: getpwent pam rimap shadow ldap

If you're using saslauthd, that implies you know what backend you are
using...  Have you read the manpage which describes them?

> > You almost certainly do not want the rimap backend, unless you are doing
> > something very specific.
>
> I'm assuming I don't want shadow, I haven't installed pam or openldap so
> pam/ldap is out.  I tried getpwent, rimap and both did not work.  Is sasldb
> the recommended and default backend authentication dbase?  I can't find it
> or know how to access to use authentication.  (I tried all mechanisms and
> none worked.)

If you are using sasldb, then you are *not* using saslauthd (or, atleast,
you really really shouldn't be).  You need to set sasl_pwcheck_method:
auxprop in your imapd.conf.

-Rob

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