* Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@xxxxxxxxx>: > On 7/29/07, Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Making progress now > > > > SASL per-process initialization failed > > process /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd pid 5790 exit status 1 > > usr/lib/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling > > > > So i can assume that it finds the smtpd.conf file but doesn't like it > > > > /etc/postfix/sasl/smtpd.conf > > 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 > > > > Ok i finaly found out what it was "sql_passwd:" can not be a blank > password it has to be a word like "sql_passwd: grrrrrrrr". Also > changed sql_statement to sql_select , don't know if it matters. > > I now have no more "initialization failed" and also no more "can not > find /etc/sasl2db" > But my sql databases is still not receiving a query > > Any suggestions please ? Create a symlink from /etc/postfix/sasl/smtpd.conf to /usr/lib/sasl2/sample.comf. Then use "server" and "client" from the Cyrus SASL project to test authentication directly and without Postfix interfering. p@rick -- The Book of Postfix <http://www.postfix-book.com> saslfinger (debugging SMTP AUTH): <http://postfix.state-of-mind.de/patrick.koetter/saslfinger/>