Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 09:14:05 +0800 From: "jan gestre" <freebsd.ph@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Postfix & SASL Authentication Message-ID: <a25afc300608081814m3019104bxe4d4765637320036@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060808193523.BDD9.GERARD@seibercom.net> References: <20060808120629.F5AF.GERARD@seibercom.net> <44D8C496.80105@utdallas.edu> <20060808193523.BDD9.GERARD@seibercom.net>
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On 8/9/06, Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net> wrote: > > Paul Schmehl wrote: > > > Apparently you're using the sasldb2 database for logins? If so, the > > sasldb2 database needs to be readable by postfix, and it has to be > > populated with the usernames@domains that you need. Have you populated > > the db? > > > > You would probably be better off using saslauthd as your pwcheck_method. > > Then start saslauthd with the -a sasldb flag. (See man 8 saslauthd.) > > Auxprop is an older method that wasn't very dependable. > > Thanks, that is what I did. I had to modify the > /usr/local/lib/smtpd.conf file, but that was about it. > > I do have one question though. The rc.d file has 'pam' listed rather > than sasldb for the '-a ' flag. I changed it there although the > directions said not too. Is there any reason that changing it in the rc.d > file is a bad thing? I could not figure out what it meant to do > otherwise. Was I suppose to create another file that would override that > one? If so, what was the syntax of the file suppose to be? Anyway, it > works, so that is all I am really interested in at the moment. > > try putting this in your rc.conf: saslauthd_enable="YES" saslauthd_flags="-a getpwent" HTH
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