more info: saslauthd -a pam ... # cat smtpd.conf mech_list: PLAIN LOGIN pwcheck_method: auxprop auxprop_plugin: sasldb log_level: 3 reset pw for the user with saslpasswd2, no change # sasldblistusers2 cyrus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: userPassword Mar 1 12:05:06 postler imap[28843]: starttls: TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits new) no authentication Mar 1 12:05:12 postler saslauthd[28582]: DEBUG: auth_pam: pam_authenticate failed: Permission denied Mar 1 12:05:12 postler saslauthd[28582]: do_auth : auth failure: [user=cyrus] [service=imap] [realm=matrix.lichtfels.com] [mech=pam] [reason=PAM auth error] Mar 1 12:05:12 postler imap[28843]: badlogin: localhost [127.0.0.1] plaintext cyrus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx SASL(-13): authentication failure: checkpass failed The pam.d-file imap contains only the 2 pam_mysql-lines ... thanks ... ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://www.cyrusimap.org/ List Archives/Info: http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/info-cyrus/