Can't access the imap server using telnet, nor send email.

[badock]

OK, apparently, i have a problem, but it's more a SASL problem.
I set passwords with "saslpasswd2 -c logon" and then tried to check whether
it worked with the command : "testsaslauthd -u logon -p password" and it
doesn't work... :S

I checked the logs, here's what i found :
in /var/log/secure:
#  Jan 21 17:12:28 demovm33 saslauthd[3393]: pam_unix(imap:auth): check
pass; user unknown
#  Jan 21 17:12:28 demovm33 saslauthd[3393]: pam_unix(imap:auth):
authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost=
#  Jan 21 17:12:28 demovm33 saslauthd[3393]: pam_succeed_if(imap:auth):
error retrieving information about user logon

in /var/log/messages:
#  Jan 21 17:12:20 demovm33 saslauthd[3351]: server_exit     : master
exited: 3351
#  Jan 21 17:12:21 demovm33 saslauthd[3376]: set_auth_mech   : unknown
authentication mechanism: map
#  Jan 21 17:12:27 demovm33 saslauthd[3392]: detach_tty      : master pid
is: 3392
#  Jan 21 17:12:27 demovm33 saslauthd[3392]: ipc_init        : listening on
socket: /var/run/saslauthd/mux
#  Jan 21 17:12:31 demovm33 saslauthd[3393]: do_auth         : auth failure:
[user=logon] [service=imap] [realm=] [mech=pam] [reason=PAM auth error]

OK, so that's when in /etc/sysconfig/saslauthd i have one line saying :
#  MECH=pam

I tried with several other "MECH" but i still get errors like, for instance
with MECH=shadow :
#  Jan 21 17:11:41 demovm33 saslauthd[3318]: server_exit     : master
exited: 3318
#  Jan 21 17:11:41 demovm33 saslauthd[3351]: detach_tty      : master pid
is: 3351
#  Jan 21 17:11:41 demovm33 saslauthd[3351]: ipc_init        : listening on
socket: /var/run/saslauthd/mux
#  Jan 21 17:11:43 demovm33 saslauthd[3352]: do_auth         : auth failure:
[user=logon] [service=imap] [realm=] [mech=shadow] [reason=Unknown]


I couldn't try to use the MECH=sasldb because natively the sasldb mech is
disabled, so i have two options :
1. compile a new saslauthd from sources that supports sasldb (i tried and
failed, i get error coming from the .c and .h files :-/ )
2. have it working without the sasldb, which i guess is possible... i mean i
only need a simple login/password thing, it's not that complex

So anyway, when _you_ use this cyrus-imapd thing, do you authenticate with
the sasldb by typing login/password, or do you do it another way ?

Hope it's clearer now to you (it isn't to me... ;) )
Any idea, please ?


@Alain> about this RCTP TO error, i'd say it comes from the SMTP, but i
don't understand what you meant by "Ave you configured your SMTP to accept
lgon at mydomai.com ?", do i have to configure something on the SMTP side ?
Thanks for paying interest in my helplessness :)



2008/1/21, Alain Spineux <aspineux at gmail.com>:
>
> On Jan 21, 2008 2:19 PM, badock <badock at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I recently installed cyrus-imapd, and i'm now trying to make it work.
> > I created a mailbox user (cm user.logon) then acl'ed it (sam user.logon
> > logon all)
> >  Then i set a password to logon : saslpasswd2 -c logon
>
> maybe a
> # chown cyrus.cyrus /etc/sasl2.db
> or something like that could help
> Read all cyrus error messages in log files!
>
> > So now, i expect the "user" logon to have access to his mailbox
> > But it doesn't work, cause
> >
> > 1. i can't telnet/login to the imap server with "logon":
> >     shell says:
> >     LOGIN BAD Error in IMAP commabd received by server
> >
> > 2. i can't send any mail to logon at host.domain.com
> >      mailer says :
> >      RCPT TO < logon at mydomain.com> failed :
> >       <logon at mydomain.com>: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in
> > local recipient table
>
> Where this message come from ? SMTP or cyrus ? Is-it lmtpd ?
> Can you give some more line around this error ?
> Ave you configured your SMTP to accept lgon at mydomai.com ?
>
> >
> >
> >  Do you have an idea how i can check wether the imap works or not ?
> > Actually i'd like to check if my settings are ok, is there a way to
> check
> > that ?
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > ----
> > Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/
> > Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki
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> >
>
>
>
> --
> Alain Spineux
> aspineux gmail com
> May the sources be with you
>
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