why is pam not supported by saslauthd

[Michael King]

> when I start Cyrus on my machine after a complete install with all
> dependencies I get this error
> 
> [root at lb01-s06 config]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/cyrus start
> saslauthd[31190] :set_auth_mech   : unknown authentication mechanism: pam
> 
> and on checking saslauthd I see that pam is not available
> 
> saslauthd 2.1.21
> authentication mechanisms: getpwent rimap shadow
> 
> How do I enable pam for saslauthd so that it works for me.
> 
> Thanks a lot in advance.
> 
> Imran

Did you use "--with-pam=/path/to/pam" when you ran configure?

Thanks,

Michael King
Systems Administrator
Web International, Inc.
www.webinternational.net


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