Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 19:55:49 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> To: Frank Leonhardt <frank2@fjl.co.uk> Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Exim authentication under FreeBSD Message-ID: <CAAdA2WNZWRJGaaf_eXE3hkGXAV=AB%2BJehYaeG3wn%2BVDTfBFJfg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <c726d521863080a20d9f2399c7670a92@roundcube.fjl.org.uk> References: <c726d521863080a20d9f2399c7670a92@roundcube.fjl.org.uk>
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On 25 January 2018 at 13:57, Frank Leonhardt <frank2@fjl.co.uk> wrote: > How do people do outgoing SMTP user-account authentication using Exim? > > I'm talking about traditional user accounts (/etc/passwd) here, not > glorious LDAP or SQL database virtual users. If you've not come across this > little problem-ette, Exim does not ever run as root and therefore can't > check /etc/master.passwd like sendmail/saslauthd can. > > I don't want to reinvent the wheel, so if there's an existing > daemon/authenticator I haven't found, I'd appreciate a pointer. Or can > saslauthd work with Exim? > > This isn't such an issue on Linux, which makes me wonder about Linux. > > Thanks, Frank. > Hi Frank, I use FreeBSD too (Linux is a little confusing since I was born and brought up on FreeBSD). Here is what we've been doing for ages: http://daemon-notes.com/articles/mail/exim/auth-dovecot -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft."
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