Postfix + SASL issue

[Jordan Michaels]

Might want to send an email to the postfix list on this one... ;)

-Jordan



artware wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I seem to be having some issue with saslauthd and postfix on 5.3-R...
>When I try to send mail out, it fails, and puts this in
>/var/log/maillog:
>
>Jan  4 05:56:17 n00330 postfix/smtpd[8103]: warning: SASL
>authentication failure: cannot connect to saslauthd server: No such
>file or directory
>Jan  4 05:56:17 n00330 postfix/smtpd[8103]: warning: SASL
>authentication failure: Password verification failed
>
>It's weird, because it was working before, and then I tweaked
>something, and it broke. I've recompiled postfix and
>cyrus-sasl2-saslauthd, to no avail. Make a make deinstall broke
>something along the way?
>
>I don't even know what to suspect. I think it might be a permissions
>issue, since saslauthd is running -- but I can't be sure. Does this
>sound familiar to anyone?
>
>- ben
>  
>
-- 
Warm regards,
Jordan Michaels
Vivio Technologies
http://www.viviotech.net/
jordan at viviotech.net