unable to login with cyradm

Daniel Eckl deckl at nero.com
Wed Aug 2 10:44:41 EDT 2006


addendum to my info:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.imap.cyrus/824
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.imap.cyrus/21264/

Best,
Daniel

Daniel Eckl schrieb:
> Hi Joe!
> 
> Cyradm (or only your cyradm? Dunno...) might not be SSL capable.
> 
> So either use port 143 to connect or if you have to user IMAPS Port 993, 
> then you could establish an ssl tunnel with stunnel program.
> 
> Best,
> Daniel
> 
> Joe Harvell schrieb:
>> Could someone *please* take a look at this?
>>
>> Joe Harvell wrote:
>>> I used cyradm a long time ago to set up two mailboxes, and now I need to
>>> use it again, but I can't login:
>>>
>>> I am running cyrus-imapd 2.2.12.  I know that the latest 2.3 version
>>> supports TLS with cyradm.  But I am not ready to upgrade.  I just want
>>> to be able to run cyradm from the localhost.  Here is what happens when
>>> I enter the cyradm command:
>>>
>>> jharvell at dingo ~ $ cyradm --user cyrus --server localhost --port 993
>>> IMAP Password:
>>>               jharvell at dingo ~ $
>>>
>>>
>>> Here is my syslog:
>>>
>>> Jul 31 17:10:13 dingo master[18188]: about to exec /usr/lib/cyrus/imapd
>>> Jul 31 17:10:13 dingo imaps[18188]: executed
>>> Jul 31 17:10:13 dingo imaps[18188]: auxpropfunc error invalid parameter
>>> supplied
>>> Jul 31 17:10:13 dingo imaps[18188]: _sasl_plugin_load failed on
>>> sasl_auxprop_plug_init for plugin: ldapdb
>>> Jul 31 17:10:13 dingo imaps[18188]: sql_select option missing
>>> Jul 31 17:10:13 dingo imaps[18188]: auxpropfunc error no mechanism 
>>> available
>>> Jul 31 17:10:13 dingo imaps[18188]: _sasl_plugin_load failed on
>>> sasl_auxprop_plug_init for plugin: sql
>>> Jul 31 17:10:13 dingo imaps[18188]: accepted connection
>>> Jul 31 17:10:13 dingo imaps[18188]: imaps TLS negotiation failed:
>>> localhost [127.0.0.1]
>>> Jul 31 17:10:13 dingo imaps[18188]: Fatal error: tls_start_servertls()
>>> failed
>>> Jul 31 17:10:13 dingo master[31124]: process 18188 exited, status 75
>>> Jul 31 17:10:13 dingo master[31124]: service imaps pid 18188 in BUSY
>>> state: terminated abnormally
>>>
>>> And here is my imapd.conf:
>>>
>>> # $Header:
>>> /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/net-mail/cyrus-imapd/files/imapd.conf,v 1.5 2
>>> 004/08/27 06:02:45 langthang Exp $
>>>
>>> # Don't forget to use chattr +S (if you are using ext[23])
>>> # when you change these directories (read the docs).
>>> configdirectory:        /var/imap
>>> partition-default:      /var/spool/imap
>>> sievedir:               /var/imap/sieve
>>>
>>> tls_ca_path:            /etc/ssl/certs
>>> tls_cert_file:          /etc/ssl/cyrus/dingo.x509.pem
>>> tls_key_file:           /etc/ssl/cyrus/dingo.rsakeys.pem
>>>
>>> # Don't use an everyday user as admin.
>>> admins:                 cyrus
>>>
>>> hashimapspool:          yes
>>> allowanonymouslogin:    no
>>> allowplaintext:         no
>>>
>>> # Allow renaming of top-level mailboxes.
>>> #allowusermoves:         yes
>>>
>>> # Use this if sieve-scripts could be in ~user/.sieve.
>>> #sieveusehomedir:       yes
>>>
>>> # Use saslauthd if you want to use pam for imap.
>>> # But be warned: login with DIGEST-MD5 or CRAM-MD5
>>> # is not possible using pam.
>>> sasl_pwcheck_method:    saslauthd
>>>
>>> servername: dingo.dogpad.net.
>>>
>>> ####################################################
>>> ## This is a recommended authentication method if you
>>> ## emerge cyrus-sasl with 'postgres' or 'mysql'
>>> ## To use with mysql database uncomment those lines below.
>>>
>>> #sasl_pwcheck_method: auxprop
>>> #sasl_auxprop_plugin: sql
>>>
>>> ## possible values for sasl_auxprop_plugin 'mysql', 'pgsql', 'sqlite'.
>>> #sasl_sql_engine: mysql
>>>
>>> ## all possible values.
>>> #sasl_mech_list: LOGIN PLAIN CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5 NTLM
>>> ## or limit to CRAM-MD5 only
>>> #sasl_mech_list: CRAM-MD5
>>>
>>> ## change below to suit your setup.
>>> #sasl_sql_user: mailsqluser
>>> #sasl_sql_passwd: password
>>> #sasl_sql_database: mailsqldb
>>> #sasl_sql_hostnames: localhost
>>> #sasl_sql_select: SELECT clear FROM users WHERE email = '%u@%r'
>>>
>>> ----
>>> Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus
>>> Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu
>>> List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
>>
>> ----
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