Gert Cuykens schrieb: > I did the following and i am back at square one > > unable to open Berkeley db /etc/sasldb2: No such file or directory > Password verification failed > SASL PLAIN authentication failed: authentication failure > > /etc/postfix/main.cf > mydomain = lan > myhostname = www.lan > mynetworks = 127.0.0.1/32 > myorigin = $mydomain > mydestination = localhost $mydomain > relay_domains = > #mailbox_size_limit = > #message_size_limit = > home_mailbox = mailbox > mailbox_transport = dbmail-lmtp:localhost:24 > disable_dns_lookups = yes > local_recipient_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/recipients.cf > cyrus_sasl_config_path = /etc/postfix/smtpd.cf man 5 postconf "Search path for Cyrus SASL application configuration files, currently used only to locate the $smtpd_sasl_path.conf file. Specify zero or more directories separated by a colon character, or an empty value to use Cyrus SASL's built-in search path." You read the word "directories"? > smtpd_sasl_path = /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd man 5 postconf "Implementation-specific information that the Postfix SMTP server passes through to the SASL plug-in implementation that is selected with smtpd_sasl_type. Typically this specifies the name of a configuration file or rendezvous point." You read the words "specifies the name of a configuration file"? > smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes > smtpd_sasl_local_domain = $mydomain > smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous > smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, reject > smtpd_tls_security_level = may > smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem > smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key > > /etc/postfix/smtpd.cf > pwcheck_method: auxprop > auxprop_plugin: sql > mech_list: login plain cram-md5 digest-md5 ntlm > sql_engine: mysql > sql_user: dbmail > sql_passwd: > sql_database: dbmail > sql_statement: SELECT passwd FROM dbmail_users WHERE userid = '%u' > log_level: 7 > > /etc/postfix/master.cf > smtp inet n - n - - smtpd > ... Alexander