Hi folks, Ubuntu 6.06 server amd64 Having tried 2 days on authentication problem without result. Steps performed as follows; $ testsaslauthd -f /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd/mux -u cyrus -p xyz 0: OK "Success." $ cyradm -u cyrus localhost IMAP Password: xyz Login failed: generic failure at /usr/lib/perl5/Cyrus/IMAP/Admin.pm line 118 cyradm: cannot authenticate to server as cyrus line 118 my $rc = $self->{cyrus}->authenticate(@_); $ telnet localhost imap Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost.localdomain. Escape character is '^]'. * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UIDPLUS CHILDREN NAMESPACE THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES SORT QUOTA IDLE ACL ACL2=UNION STARTTLS] Courier-IMAP ready. Copyright 1998-2005 Double Precision, Inc. See COPYING for distribution information. imap login cyrus xyz imap NO Login failed. Connection closed by foreign host. Tried another user $ telnet localhost imap Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost.localdomain. Escape character is '^]'. * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UIDPLUS CHILDREN NAMESPACE THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES SORT QUOTA IDLE ACL ACL2=UNION STARTTLS] Courier-IMAP ready. Copyright 1998-2005 Double Precision, Inc. See COPYING for distribution information. imap login satimiscyrus abc imap NO Login failed. Connection closed by foreign host. $ cat /etc/default/saslauthd START=yes PARAMS="-m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -r" MECHANISMS="pam" $ sudo find / -name imap.conf No printout $ cat /etc/pam.d/imap @include common-auth @include common-account $ cat /etc/pam.d/common-auth auth required pam_unix.so nullok_secure $ cat /usr/share/pam/common-auth auth required pam_unix.so nullok_secure $ cat /etc/pam.d/common-account account required pam_unix.so $ cat /usr/share/pam/common-account account required pam_unix.so $ ls -l /usr/lib/sasl2/ total 500 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19036 2006-04-24 19:38 libanonymous.a -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 855 2006-04-24 19:38 libanonymous.la lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2008-04-18 07:24 libanonymous.so -> libanonymous.so.2.0.19 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2008-04-18 07:24 libanonymous.so.2 -> libanonymous.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15712 2006-04-24 19:38 libanonymous.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21802 2006-04-24 19:38 libcrammd5.a -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 841 2006-04-24 19:38 libcrammd5.la lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2008-04-18 07:24 libcrammd5.so -> libcrammd5.so.2.0.19 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2008-04-18 07:24 libcrammd5.so.2 -> libcrammd5.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19104 2006-04-24 19:38 libcrammd5.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 59792 2006-04-24 19:38 libdigestmd5.a -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 864 2006-04-24 19:38 libdigestmd5.la lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2008-04-18 07:24 libdigestmd5.so -> libdigestmd5.so.2.0.19 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2008-04-18 07:24 libdigestmd5.so.2 -> libdigestmd5.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 46336 2006-04-24 19:38 libdigestmd5.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19262 2006-04-24 19:38 liblogin.a -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 835 2006-04-24 19:38 liblogin.la lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2008-04-18 07:24 liblogin.so -> liblogin.so.2.0.19 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2008-04-18 07:24 liblogin.so.2 -> liblogin.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16352 2006-04-24 19:38 liblogin.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38724 2006-04-24 19:38 libntlm.a -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 829 2006-04-24 19:38 libntlm.la lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2008-04-18 07:24 libntlm.so -> libntlm.so.2.0.19 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2008-04-18 07:24 libntlm.so.2 -> libntlm.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32264 2006-04-24 19:38 libntlm.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27142 2006-04-24 19:38 libotp.a -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 829 2006-04-24 19:38 libotp.la lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2008-04-18 07:24 libotp.so -> libotp.so.2.0.19 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2008-04-18 07:24 libotp.so.2 -> libotp.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48856 2006-04-24 19:38 libotp.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19342 2006-04-24 19:38 libplain.a -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 835 2006-04-24 19:38 libplain.la lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2008-04-18 07:24 libplain.so -> libplain.so.2.0.19 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2008-04-18 07:24 libplain.so.2 -> libplain.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16384 2006-04-24 19:38 libplain.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29164 2006-04-24 19:38 libsasldb.a -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 856 2006-04-24 19:38 libsasldb.la lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2008-04-18 07:24 libsasldb.so -> libsasldb.so.2.0.19 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2008-04-18 07:24 libsasldb.so.2 -> libsasldb.so.2.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21288 2006-04-24 19:38 libsasldb.so.2.0.19 Please help. TIA B.R. Stephen L Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com