From: Craig Skinner (no email)
Date: Fri Dec 07 2001 - 09:21:25 EST
Hi there Alain,
I had a very similar problem that took most of a week
to sort out.
It is working now, but to be honest, I dinnae ken
exactly what it was that made it eventually work.
Sorry.
However, for some clues, see:-
http://asg.web.cmu.edu/archive/mailbox.php?mailbox=archive.info-cyrus&startThread=3493&threadsToDo=15
Thread "login error"
May the force be with you.
Craig Skinner
> Hello,
>
> I installed via SuSE .rpm:
>
> cyrus-imap 2.0.16
> cyrus-sasl 1.5.24
>
> I seem to have a problem of authentication:
>
> after making:
>
> lx93: passwd cyrus
> lx93: saslpasswd cyrus
>
> then:
>
> lx93:~ # imtest -u cyrus -m login localhost
> C: C01 CAPABILITY
> S: * OK lx93 Cyrus IMAP4 v2.0.16 server ready
> S: * CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 ACL QUOTA LITERAL+
NAMESPACE UIDPLUS ID
> NO_ATOMIC_RENAME UNSELECT MULTIAPPEND SORT
THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT
> THREAD=REFERENCES IDLE
> AUTH=ANONYMOUS AUTH=LOGIN AUTH=PLAIN X-NETSCAPE
> S: C01 OK Completed
> Password:
> C: L01 LOGIN root {7}
> + go ahead
> C: <omitted>
> L01 NO Login failed: authentication failure
> Authentication failed. generic failure
> Security strength factor: 0
> .. logout
> lx93:~ #
>
> **** !!! AUTHENTICATION FAILURE !!! *****
>
> If I want to enter a password for a user I have the
following:
>
> lx93:~ # saslpasswd abarthel
> Password:
> Again (for verification):
> saslpasswd: generic failure
>
> ****!!! GENERIC FAILURE !!! ****
>
> /etc/sasldb remains desperately empty
>
> ========================
>
> /etc/imapd:
>
> configdirectory: /var/imap
> partition-default: /var/spool/imap
> admins: cyrus
> allowanonymouslogin: no
> autocreatequota: 10000
> reject8bit: no
> quotawarn: 90
> timeout: 30
> poptimeout: 10
> dracinterval: 0
> drachost: localhost
> sasl_pwcheck_method: pam >>>>> ?????
>
> ======================================
>
> Where could be the problem? Where to check?
>
> Thanks
>
> Alain
>
>
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