Is saslauthd configured and running? Michael Jørgensen wrote: > This must really be a neewbie problem .-( > > I'm trying to connect to my IMAP server using Thunderbird. I'm not > interested in SSL, so in Thunderbird I selected the radio button "TLS, > if possible". However, Thunderbird refuses to talk to the IMAP server, > and disconnects immediately after receiving the initial greeting from > the IMAP server. > > Then I tried running IMAP over SSL and selected the radio button "SSL" > in Thunderbird. Now it asks for my username and password, and then > fails! In the file /var/log/maillog I see the lines: > Feb 2 20:44:40 mij-6 imaps[5690]: badlogin: [10.0.0.105] plain > [SASL(-1): generic failure: Password verification failed] > Feb 2 20:44:43 mij-6 imaps[5690]: badlogin: [10.0.0.105] plaintext mij > SASL(-1): generic failure: checkpass failed > > The file /etc/imapd.conf contains the following lines: > configdirectory: /var/lib/imap > partition-default: /var/spool/imap > admins: cyrus > sievedir: /var/lib/imap/sieve > sendmail: /usr/sbin/sendmail > hashimapspool: true > sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd > sasl_mech_list: PLAIN > tls_cert_file: /etc/pki/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-imapd.pem > tls_key_file: /etc/pki/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-imapd.pem > tls_ca_file: /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt > > I'm running the latest Fedora Core, the version of the IMAP server is > cyrus-imapd-2.3.9-7.fc8. Any help is greatly appreciated. > > > ---- > 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 > -- Kenneth Murchison Systems Programmer Project Cyrus Developer/Maintainer Carnegie Mellon University ---- 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
