* websrvr <websrvr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > I think you might be better off contacting Patrick Ben Koetter about > the book of postfix. > > He wrote a very nice book (available in PDF for your viewing > pleasure) on the inner workings/configuration of postfix which > touches on the sasl side as well and IMHO should be a must-have for > the mail-admin. > > No it's not a shame-less plug, I get nothing out of it other than the > satisfaction of passing on the wisdom which I have attained in my > postfix endeavors and assistance directly from/with Patrick who > helped me achieve the impossible in an environment that wasn't > designed to support postfix/mysql or cyrus-sasl/mysql. Errrm... thanks for the praise. :) p@rick > > While I understand the need to resolve the issue at hand, the minor > pittance to obtain the book is well worth the information contained > therein and will increase your ability to troubleshoot and correct > any issues you might encounter thus increasing your value as a mail- > admin. > > On Jul 30, 2007, at 23:42:17, Gert Cuykens wrote: > > >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 ? > > > -- The Book of Postfix <http://www.postfix-book.com> saslfinger (debugging SMTP AUTH): <http://postfix.state-of-mind.de/patrick.koetter/saslfinger/>
