Paul Cooper wrote:
in my smtpd.conf i specify saslauthd as the pwcheck_method - what is PAM doing?!
According to the smtpd.conf below you specified sasldb, not saslauthd. (^-^)
saslauthd 2.1.2 authentication mechanisms: getpwent kerberos5 pam rimap shadow ldap
smtpd.conf:
pwcheck_method: auxprop mech_list: plain login auxprop_plugin: sasldb2
when i specify the service i get denied access, obviously PAM was reading from the /etc/passwd file - because i was using a UNIX user to test auth.
Correct, now you have to decide either to use sasldb and set up users in sasldb or to use passwd and use system users, either with or without login shell. If you want to use saslauthd for postfix use these settings for smtpd.conf: pwcheck_method: saslauthd mech_list: plain login That should work Sandy -- List replies only please! Please address PMs to: news-reply2 (@) japantest (.) homelinux (.) com