[Bug 580708] [NEW] Can't run multiple saslauthd daemons as per the documentation

[Patrick Goetz]

Public bug reported:

I am trying to use postfix with cyrus.  Since the debian postfix runs
chrooted by default and since the version of cyrus shipping with Lucid
has the location of the saslauthd socket hard-coded, it seems like the
best idea is to run separate saslauthd daemons for these processes.
(Making a symlink to the socket from the chroot jail to /var/run seems
like a kludge to me, particularly since /var/run is cleared out on every
reboot.)

According to the document:
 /usr/share/doc/sasl2-bin/README.Debian.gz

it should be possible to run multiple saslauthd daemons, but when I
follow these instructions *precisely*, I get the error message:

  saslauthd[4747] :detach_tty      : Cannot start saslauthd
  saslauthd[4747] :detach_tty      : Another instance of saslauthd is currently running

Let me preclude the question "did I remember to set up a different
socket for each instance of saslauthd(\w*) in /etc/default:  yes, I did
set up different sockets (/var/run/postfix/var/run/saslauthd and
/var/run/saslauthd) and tried this several times.

Is the included documentation incorrect or is this a bug in the
currently shipping saslauthd?

** Affects: cyrus-sasl2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

-- 
Can't run multiple saslauthd daemons as per the documentation
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/580708
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Server Team, which is subscribed to cyrus-sasl2 in ubuntu.