On 7/31/07, Patrick Ben Koetter <p@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > * Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@xxxxxxxxx>: > > On 7/31/07, Patrick Ben Koetter <p@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > * Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > > saslauthd -a rimap > > > > saslauthd[7569] :set_auth_mech : failed to initialize mechanism rimap > > > > > > > > What does this mean ? > > > > > > What does "saslauthd -v" give you? > > > > root@www:~# saslauthd -v > > saslauthd 2.1.22 > > authentication mechanisms: sasldb getpwent kerberos5 pam rimap shadow ldap > > So saslauthd supports rimap. What I miss in your initial "saslauthd -a rimap" > command line argument is that you tell saslauthd which IMAP-server it should > turn to. > > Have you tried "saslauthd -a rimap -O imap.example.com" where > imap.example.com is your desired IMAP host? root@www:~# saslauthd -a rimap -O localhost saslauthd[5916] :main : could not chdir to: /var/run/saslauthd saslauthd[5916] :main : chdir: No such file or directory saslauthd[5916] :main : Check to make sure the directory exists and is saslauthd[5916] :main : writeable by the user this process runs as. root@www:~# mkdir /var/run/saslauthd root@www:~# saslauthd -a rimap -O localhost root@www:~# vi /var/lib/mysql/mail.log root@www:~# saslauthd -a rimap -O localhost saslauthd[5927] :detach_tty : Cannot start saslauthd saslauthd[5927] :detach_tty : Another instance of saslauthd is currently running root@www:~# Oh oh something happening :) So how do i try to log in ?
