saslauthd not working

[David C. Hart]

On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 14:13, Denis Ford wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've got a fresh installation of Fedora Core 1, with all packages updated
> from the dulug mirror.  I'm trying to get SASL/Pam authentication set up for
> Postfix, according to the README in the postfix docs
> (/usr/share/doc/postfix-2.0.11/README-Postfix-SASL-RedHat.txt) .  I've gone
> through all the steps, but it appears that saslauthd isn't working right:
> 

Forget the RPM. Get the latest source from Wietse's site and read the
SASL README. You need to compile it in.

I have it working only after recitations from the Upanishads, the Talmud
and Martha Stewart's biography. "Eye of newt . . . "


> $ /usr/sbin/testsaslauthd -u myuser -p mypasswd
> 0: NO "authentication failed"
> 
> I've confirmed that saslauthd is running, and as instructed,
> /etc/sysconfig/saslauthd is set to MECH=pam
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> Denis
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