Claus Regelmann wrote these words on 10/30/09 17:10 CST: > The BLFS-installation instuction for cyrus-sasl says: > 'install -v -m700 -d /var/lib/sasl /var/run/saslauthd' > this restricts access to '/var/run/saslauthd/mux' to > processes running with root privs. > > I just recognized this problem, when installing/testing cyrus-imapd from > scratch. > I followed the cyrus instructions to run the service under an unpriv > user(cyrus), > and I set its authentication method to 'sasl_pwcheck_method:to saslauthd' > > Setting the privs for '/var/run/saslauthd' 711 works.
Thanks for this information. I suppose it is the imapd that suggests using a unpriv user? Or is this in the Cyrus-SASL package instructions? I'll see if can't work up a ticket for this. -- Randy rmlscsi: [bogomips 1003.26] [GNU ld version 2.16.1] [gcc (GCC) 4.0.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6] [Linux 2.6.14.3 i686] 17:55:00 up 9 days, 50 min, 1 user, load average: 0.62, 0.20, 0.07 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
