Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 13:29:39 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> To: James B Byrne <byrnejb@gmx.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CYRUS/imaps[92001]: SASL cannot connect to saslauthd server: Permission denied Message-ID: <408C76353DA66D507B2F2DB8@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> In-Reply-To: <trinity-bf8612e4-4a63-4a94-a58c-ebf4da9e8c8b-1546972816785@3c-app-mailcom-bs10> References: <trinity-bf8612e4-4a63-4a94-a58c-ebf4da9e8c8b-1546972816785@3c-app-mailcom-bs10>
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--On January 8, 2019 at 7:40:16 PM +0100 James B Byrne <byrnejb@gmx.com> wrote: > FreeBSD-11.2p7 > > I just upgraded the packages on our cyrus_imap server host and now we > cannot authenticate to read or send email. We use squirrel-mail > exclusively and connect directly from the SM host to the IMAP host. The > error message we are receiving is the subject line but I repeat it here > for completeness. > > CYRUS/imaps[92001]: SASL cannot connect to saslauthd server: Permission > denied > > The only thing that changed was the pkg upgrades on the IMAP and SM > hosts. The failure to authenticate errors commenced immediately > following. > > I am using this temporary email address because, obviously, I cannot read > anything that arrived to my existing mailboxes. Likewise, this is > somewhat urgent. I have been investigating this for the better part of > three hours and have gotten nowhere. > > Any helpful advice is most welcome. Who owns /var/run saslauthd? If it's not cyrus, that's probably your problem. chown -R cyrus:mail /var/run saslauthd Paul Schmehl, Retired My opinions are my own. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell
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