Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 22:49:19 -0500 From: pauls@utdallas.edu To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Postfix & SASL Authentication Message-ID: <6B14B664E12894DC32F7DC0A@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> 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 August 8, 2006 7:40:20 PM -0400 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. > Glad to hear 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? Not a bad thing, but when the port gets updated, your changes will be overwritten. Instead, use /etc/rc.conf: saslauthd_enable="YES" saslauthd_flags="-a sasldb" 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. > In general, you want to put variables for startup scripts in /etc/rc.conf, rather than editing the individual startup files. The startup scripts will source the /etc/rc.conf file and get the values of those variables and use them when they run. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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