suse 11.1 cyrus imapd.config problem

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#1

I am using cyrus and i am having a problem getting it to talk to saslauthd server, i tested the authdserver using the
testsaslauthd application,

ltspsrvr:/etc # testsaslauthd -u cyrus -p cyrus
0: OK “Success.”
ltspsrvr:/etc #

it works fine, users get verified correctly, the problem seem to be in the saslauthd authentication of imapd my config follows

using cyradm -user bobby localhost imap

i always get error no worthy mech???

I have been trying to track this down for 2 days, i even down loaded the source to review, i just cant get it to work…

Help!

configdirectory: /srv/mail/imap
partition-default: /srv/mail/mailboxes
sievedir: /srv/mail/sieve
admins: briang cyrus
allowanonymouslogin: no
autocreatequota: 0
reject8bit: no
quotawarn: 90
timeout: 30
poptimeout: 10
dracinterval: 0
drachost: localhost
sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd
sasl_mech_list: plain login
lmtp_overquota_perm_failure: no
lmtp_downcase_rcpt: yes
allowplaintext: yes
unixhierarchysep: yes
allowplainwithouttls: yes
altnamespace: no

if you want TLS, you have to generate certificates and keys

#tls_cert_file: /usr/ssl/certs/cert.pem
#tls_key_file: /usr/ssl/certs/skey.pem
#tls_ca_file: /usr/ssl/CA/CAcert.pem
#tls_ca_path: /usr/ssl/CA
~

#2

ercoupeflyer wrote:

> I am using cyrus and i am having a problem getting it to talk to
> saslauthd server, i tested the authdserver using the
> testsaslauthd application,
>
> ltspsrvr:/etc # testsaslauthd -u cyrus -p cyrus
> 0: OK “Success.”
> ltspsrvr:/etc #
>
> it works fine, users get verified correctly, the problem seem to be in
> the saslauthd authentication of imapd my config follows
>
> using cyradm -user bobby localhost imap
>
> i always get error no worthy mech???

Some points/ideas…

  1. Check that you have the proper “cyrus-sasl-*” packages installed:

linux:~ # rpm -qa | grep cyrus
cyrus-sasl-crammd5-2.1.22-82
cyrus-sasl-digestmd5-2.1.22-82
cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-82
cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.22-82
cyrus-imapd-2.3.8-51
cyrus-sasl-saslauthd-2.1.22-85

  1. Check the user password you are entering is o.k. I guess you are using
    pam (system) users, right?

  2. Check your log to get more information:

linux:~ # cat /var/log/messages | grep localhost

Greetings,

–
Camaleón

#3

hi check my install and here is what it shows

rpm -qa | grep cyrus
cyrus-imapd-devel-2.3.11-60.16
cyrus-imapd-2.3.11-60.16
cyrus-sasl-devel-2.1.22-182.1
cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-182.1
cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.22-182.1
cyrus-sasl-digestmd5-2.1.22-182.1
cyrus-sasl-gssapi-2.1.22-182.1
cyrus-sasl-crammd5-2.1.22-182.1
cyrus-sasl-saslauthd-2.1.22-182.1

this is what loaded from the repositories

I am using ldap, for my login, i set up users in the ldap directory, as i stated before, i tested the auth server and it worked fine. the configuration is the one created when you use the yast mail setup, all the packages were installed and ldap configured etc, by yast mail setup.

#4

ercoupeflyer wrote:

> hi check my install and here is what it shows
>
> rpm -qa | grep cyrus
> cyrus-imapd-devel-2.3.11-60.16
> cyrus-imapd-2.3.11-60.16
> cyrus-sasl-devel-2.1.22-182.1
> cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-182.1
> cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.22-182.1
> cyrus-sasl-digestmd5-2.1.22-182.1
> cyrus-sasl-gssapi-2.1.22-182.1
> cyrus-sasl-crammd5-2.1.22-182.1
> cyrus-sasl-saslauthd-2.1.22-182.1
>
> this is what loaded from the repositories

It seems o.k. I was looking for “cyrus-sasl-plain-*” and it’s there.

Then, after “cyradm -user bobby localhost imap”:

  • Check your log to get more information:

linux:~ # cat /var/log/messages | grep localhost

  • Verify that saslauthd daemon is running: “rcsaslauthd status” and is
    using “pam” as user/password backend: “cat /etc/sysconfig/saslauthd | grep
    AUTHMECH”

  • Also, try to login with “cyrus” user: “cyradm -user cyrus localhost imap”
    and check again what log says.

Greetings,

–
Camaleón