Hello, I can't get working smtp-auth with postfix I'm using FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE with: cyrus-sasl-2.1.23_3 cyrus-sasl-saslauthd-2.1.23 postfix-2.8.0,1 The saslauthdaemon runs: root 66659 0.0 0.0 9832 1504 3 IJ 11:55PM 0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/saslauthd -a getpwent -d root 66663 0.0 0.0 9832 1504 3 IJ 11:55PM 0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/saslauthd -a getpwent -d root 66664 0.0 0.0 9832 1504 3 IJ 11:55PM 0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/saslauthd -a getpwent -d root 66665 0.0 0.0 9832 1504 3 IJ 11:55PM 0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/saslauthd -a getpwent -d root 66666 0.0 0.0 9832 1504 3 IJ 11:55PM 0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/saslauthd -a getpwent -d postfix is using SASL: # postconf -n|grep smtpd_sasl smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_local_domain = smtpd_sasl_path = smtpd smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous The smtpd is not running in a chroot, master.conf: 212.227.*.*:smtp inet n - n - - smtpd -v my /usr/local/lib/sasl2/smtpd.conf: saslauthd_version: 2 pwcheck_method: saslauthd mech_list: CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5 saslauthd_path: /var/run/saslauthd/mux log_level: 7 I've got a local user "testmx", which works: # testsaslauthd -u testmx -p test 0: OK "Success." The debug-output of saslauthd tells me: saslauthd[66664] :rel_accept_lock : released accept lock saslauthd[66665] :get_accept_lock : acquired accept lock saslauthd[66664] :do_auth : auth success: [user=testmx] [service=imap] [realm=] [mech=getpwent] saslauthd[66664] :do_request : response: OK So, saslauthd works. But postfix isn't using it. During a failed login attempt via smtp I see in the maillog: Mar 9 00:15:46 p3 postfix/smtpd[68497]: xsasl_cyrus_server_create: SASL service=smtp, realm=(null) Mar 9 00:15:46 p3 postfix/smtpd[68497]: xsasl_cyrus_server_create: SASL service=smtp, realm=(null) Mar 9 00:15:47 p3 postfix/smtpd[68497]: xsasl_cyrus_server_first: sasl_method CRAM-MD5 Mar 9 00:15:47 p3 postfix/smtpd[68497]: xsasl_cyrus_server_auth_response: uncoded server challenge: <2409722764.7780592@********.de> Mar 9 00:15:47 p3 postfix/smtpd[68497]: xsasl_cyrus_server_next: decoded response: testmx 2c5aba95e2bd5fe5a303ee56b7601f6e Mar 9 00:15:47 p3 postfix/smtpd[68497]: warning: SASL authentication failure: Could not open db Mar 9 00:15:47 p3 postfix/smtpd[68497]: warning: SASL authentication failure: Could not open db Mar 9 00:15:47 p3 postfix/smtpd[68497]: warning: SASL authentication failure: no secret in database Mar 9 00:15:47 p3 postfix/smtpd[68497]: warning: *****.dip.t-dialin.net[79.255.*.*]: SASL CRAM-MD5 authentication failed: authentication failure Sinces saslauthd runs with debug enabled, I should see incoming requests logged by it. But there's nothing. The sasl lib doesn't even try to connect to saslauthd. I can even halt saslauthd and I'll receive identical log messages. I traced the postfix/smtpd process using truss and see this: 68497: open("/usr/local/etc/sasldb2.db",O_RDONLY,0600) ERR#2 'No such file or directory' 68497: open("/usr/local/etc/sasldb2.db",O_RDONLY,0600) ERR#2 'No such file or directory' Of course, there's no such file because I told it to not use it. The postfix user is allowed to read from saslauthd's socket of course: # id postfix uid=125(postfix) gid=125(postfix) groups=125(postfix),6(mail) # ls -ld /var/run/saslauthd drwxrwx--- 2 cyrus mail 512 Mar 8 23:56 /var/run/saslauthd # ls -l /var/run/saslauthd/mux srwxrwxrwx 1 root mail 0 Mar 8 23:55 /var/run/saslauthd/mux A nightmare. Can please help anyone? Thanks in advance, TL -- Please note that according to the German law on data retention, information on every electronic information exchange with me is retained for a period of six months.