10.1 BETA2 World - Breaks saslauthd

[Tim Daneliuk]

On 09/25/2014 10:04 AM, Dimitry Andric wrote:
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>> If I just install a new kernel, everything is fine.  But if I install
>> world, that's when the problem shows up.  I've tried a full reinstall of
>> cygnus sasls and the daemon is running.
>>
>> Ideas on how to chase this down/fix, would be appreciated...
>
> It is probably caused by this MFC: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/271766
>
> To make saslauthd work again, you need to specify a correct PAM policy
> file in /usr/local/etc/pam.d for your service, most likely "smtp" in
> this case.  E.g., create a file /usr/local/etc/pam.d/smtp, containing at
> least:
>
> auth            required        pam_unix.so             no_warn try_first_pass
> account         required        pam_unix.so
> session         required        pam_permit.so
> password        required        pam_permit.so
>
> Optionally, add a line:
>
> auth            required        pam_group.so            luser group=smtp-users fail_safe
>
> to allow only members of the smtp-users group to authenticate
> successfully.
>
> -Dimitry
>

Yup, that worked.  Thanks!  Now, for those of us less than smart, could
you explain why this was necessary in context of that MFC?

Thanks very much ...

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