Problems with Postfix and smtp auth

[Kevin Jones]

Sergio Belkin wrote:
> In Ubuntu 7.04 I have problems with Postfix+Dovecot+Sasl
>
>
> I got these messages from /var/log/mail.log
>
>
> Jul  9 21:10:04 ubuntu postfix/smtpd[15991]: warning: SASL: Connect to
> smtpd failed: No such file or directory
> Jul  9 21:10:04 ubuntu postfix/smtpd[15991]: fatal: no SASL
> authentication mechanisms
> Jul  9 21:10:05 ubuntu postfix/master[15951]: warning: process
> /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd pid 15991 exit status 1
> Jul  9 21:10:05 ubuntu postfix/master[15951]: warning:
> /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling
> Jul  9 21:27:34 ubuntu postfix/smtpd[16363]: warning: SASL: Connect to
> smtpd failed: No such file or directory
> Jul  9 21:27:34 ubuntu postfix/smtpd[16363]: fatal: no SASL
> authentication mechanisms
> Jul  9 21:27:35 ubuntu postfix/master[15951]: warning: process
> /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd pid 16363 exit status 1
> Jul  9 21:27:35 ubuntu postfix/master[15951]: warning:
> /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling
> Jul  9 21:33:34 ubuntu postfix/smtpd[16486]: warning: SASL: Connect to
> smtpd failed: No such file or directory
> Jul  9 21:33:34 ubuntu postfix/smtpd[16486]: fatal: no SASL
> authentication mechanisms
> Jul  9 21:33:36 ubuntu postfix/master[15951]: warning: process
> /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd pid 16486 exit status 1
> Jul  9 21:33:36 ubuntu postfix/master[15951]: warning:
> /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling
> Jul  9 21:50:25 ubuntu postfix/smtpd[16628]: warning: SASL: Connect to
> smtpd failed: No such file or directory
> Jul  9 21:50:27 ubuntu postfix/smtpd[16628]: fatal: no SASL
> authentication mechanisms
> Jul  9 21:50:27 ubuntu postfix/master[15951]: warning: process
> /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd pid 16628 exit status 1
> Jul  9 21:50:27 ubuntu postfix/master[15951]: warning:
> /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling
>
>
> This is my /etc/default/saslauthd
> START=yes
>
> PARAMS="-m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -r"
>
> MECHANISMS="shadow"
>
>
>
> My /etc/postfix/sasl/smtpd.conf:
> saslauthd_path: /var/run/saslauthd/mux
> pwcheck_method: saslauthd
> mech_list: plain login
>
>
> This is my main.cf (I included only smtpdauth relative to be shorther)
> #Seccion agregada por Sergio Belkin para lograr autenticacion mediante SASL
> #Habilito autenticacion del servidor mediante SASL
> smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
> # Permite el relay desde redes confiables y aquellos usuarios autenticados
> smtpd_recipient_restrictions =  permit_sasl_authenticated,
> permit_mynetworks, reject_unauth_destination
> # Para recibir el nombre del usuario autenticado a partir del encabezado
> smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = yes
> # Para evitar problemas con clientes viejos de Microsoft
> broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes
> # Le digo que voy a usar SASL con Dovecot
> smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot
> #smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth
> smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
> smtpd_sasl_local_domain =
>
>
> If I try with telnet:
>
> telnet 10.1.1.253 25
> Trying 10.1.1.253...
> Connected to 10.1.1.253.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> Connection closed by foreign host.
>
> I can't see where is the problem :( could you help me?
>
> Thanks in advance!!
>
>   

Try uncommenting the "smtd_sasl_path" entry in your main.cf, then reload 
your postfix config with "/etc/init.d/postfix reload". The error message 
you're getting about the "no such file or directory" is because it is 
looking for the path to 'auth', but you have the path commented out.
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