Re: Unable to setup sendmail to allow user authtication for sending

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Hello,
http://www.oclug.org/hints.html#mail
Look at step #5 for your specific question.
#9 is how to set the client if it's Outlook. 
Kevin Brouelette, RHCE

On 27 Feb 2003 16:35:49 +0000
Mark C <lists@funkypenguin.net> wrote:

> I've been looking through several howto's and also the sendmail (on
> the system and the website) docs, but I've now come to a halt.
> 
> I'm trying to get sendmail to only allow sending of mail, providing
> the user can authentication.
> 
> I have set the following options up in my /etc/sendmail.sendmail.mc
> file and ran the m4 update to update sendmail.cf:
> 
> define(`confAUTH_OPTIONS', `A')dnl
> TRUST_AUTH_MECH(`LOGIN PLAIN DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5')dnl
> define(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS', `LOGIN PLAIN DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5')dnl
> define(`confCACERT_PATH',`/usr/share/ssl/certs')
> define(`confCACERT',`/usr/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt')
> define(`confSERVER_CERT',`/usr/share/ssl/certs/sendmail.pem')
> define(`confSERVER_KEY',`/usr/share/ssl/certs/sendmail.pem')
> 
> But when ever I telnet in or use evolution to get the available
> authentication methods (I'm trying to use Plain or Login, as I have
> STARTTLS enabled anyway), I only get the following options:
> 
> 250-AUTH DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5
> 
> checking /var/log/maillog, its listed as:
> 
> sendmail[10740]: AUTH: available mech=DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 ANONYMOUS,
> allowed mech=LOGIN PLAIN DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5
> 
> I can see that it knows of the methods, but for the life of me I
> cannot workout how to make it available, 
> 
> I presume it has something to do with the 'confAUTH_OPTIONS'
> directive, but the readme in the sendmail.cf directory, says to read a
> non existent file.
> 
> Can someone advise my on what options I'm missing or need to add.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Mark
> 
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