replication : Authentication failed. no mechanism available

[Patrick H Radtke]

Have you tried specifying what mechanism you want to use with synctest 
with -m?

Its been a long time since I set this up (I started testing in May) so 
hopefully I remember everything.

-Patrick


On Wed, 14 Dec 2005, Patrice wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I try to install the the new version of cyrus-imap to use the replication.
>
> but I can't authenticate on my replica server:
>
> here is the error in the log:
>
> sync_client[26757]: couldn't authenticate to backend server: no mechanism 
> available
>
>
> here is the result of the synctest:
>
> S: * OK mailsrv Cyrus sync server v2.3.0
> Authentication failed. no mechanism available
> Security strength factor: 0
>
>
> it seems the auth mechs are not advertised
>
> I use saslauthd for my imap+pop auth and it works fine.
>
> there should be a special option for the advertising of mechs but I haven't 
> found the option
>
>
> Help would be appreciated
>
> thanks in advance
>
> Patrice
>
>
>
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