HOWTO
Revision: 2
Released: Nov 06, 2005
Updated: Jul 12, 2006
Revision: 2
Released: Nov 06, 2005
Updated: Jul 12, 2006
Problem
You want SASL authentication to work with Postfix on a Debian install.
Solution
If you get the "fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms"
error message from postfix, install "libsasl2-modules"
1(a). Modify /etc/init.d/saslauthd
Modify the file /etc/init.d/saslauthd and add the following lines
# Modify saslauthd to work within postfix's chroot jail.
DEB_WDIR="/var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd/"
PARAMS="-m ${DEB_WDIR}"
1(b). Copy sasl into postfix' chroot jail
This way is more of a pain and is more prone to errors
and problems through system upgrades...
but as far as i know, it will work.
Copy /var/run/saslauthd/ to
/var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd/ Symlink old location to new location.
Check that ownership is root:sasl
Add user postfix into sasl group so that postfix can read the .pid file in the saslauthd directory.
Notes
Thanks to Jeremy Avnet for a suggestion on wording #1 more clearly.
Comments
From
on Mar 13, 2006:
I think the better way is to modify the /etc/default/saslauthd file, which
is imported by the startup script. This has the advantage of making
any upgrades a little less painful.
I also made hard links of the contents of
/var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd/ back to /var/run/saslauthd/,
otherwise I can't use startup script to restart the saslauthd.
But those a nits I'm picking at. The steps outlined where spot-on in getting
my authenticating SMTP server working. Thanks greatly!
