-----Original Message----- From: info-cyrus-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:info-cyrus-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sam Przyswa Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 11:44 PM To: Info Cyrus List Subject: Re: Basic configuration David.Addison@xxxxxxxxxxxx a écrit : > Hi Sam > > Use saslauthd by adding the following lines to /etc/imapd.conf > > sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd > sasl_mech_list: plain > Ok. > Start saslauthd with > /usr/sbin/saslauthd -a pam > Or > /usr/sbin/saslauthd -a shadow > /usr/sbin/saslauthd -a getpwent > I tried each option but I always got: badlogin: evelyne.arial-concept.com [172.16.0.118] PLAIN [SASL(-16): encryption needed to use mechanism: security flags do not match required] > There are other options which might work better on your system but this one works fine for me. > ...yes ! Hi Sam, IIRC, I think this means that you need to have an encrypted connection to the mail server to use the PLAIN auth mechanism. However, I can't find anything in my config files that would affect this and I'm using unencrypted imap connections so I'm guessing. Perhaps someone else can comment. Dave ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
