* David van Geest <davidv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hi All, > > I'm working on getting Postfix to authenticate SMTP users from a MySQL > DB which stores encrypted passwords. Various how-to's recommend > cyrus-sasl, but it seems that to use it for encrypted passwords you need > the checkpw.c+sql.c patch. The only version of this patch I can find > (http://pieps.org/cyrus/dist/2.1.19/) is for cyrus-sasl-2.1.19. Has the > patch been merged into later versions of cyrus-sasl, or do I need to use > 2.1.19? The/any patch breaks shared-secret mechanisms, which require plaintext passwords. > Also if anyone has pointers on getting this going, I'd be happy to hear > them. No need to patch. Use saslauthd -> PAM -> pam:mysql -> MySQL(crypted passwords) p@rick -- All technical answers asked privately will be automatically answered on the list and archived for public access unless privacy is explicitely required and justified. saslfinger (debugging SMTP AUTH): <http://postfix.state-of-mind.de/patrick.koetter/saslfinger/>
