smtp and authentication

[Paul Howarth]

On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 18:33, Doug Maurer wrote:
> When setting up my smtp server for authentation. (sendmail)
> 
> I'm getting a message in /var/log/messages
> unable to open Berkeley db /etc/sasldb2: No such file or directory
> 
> I've googled this thing and the only message says is to create and add
> pwmethod:saslauthd 
> and i've also tried pwmethod:auxprop
> 
> but i keep getting the message anyone know i can fix this, or point me
> to the right link 

You can make the message go away by creating an empty SASL database:

Create dummy entry (and file):
saslpasswd2 -a Sendmail -c -u your.server.host.name dummy
(enter dummy password when prompted)

Remove dummy entry:
saslpasswd2 -d -u your.server.host.name dummy

Paul.
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Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org>