On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 12:57 AM, Phil Pennock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2008-06-18 at 17:27 +0300, samer khalil wrote: > > Yet when i test exim i get the following error: > > > > *2008-06-18 17:10:45 login authenticator failed for (samerkPC) [ > > 192.168.1.104]: 435 Unable to authenticate at present (set_id=samerk): > > Permission denied* > > > > Am i missing somehting, do you need me to post more details ? > > Running "exim -d+auth" to get debugging information, with enhanced > details on authentication, would probably be informative. > > Since you're using Kerberos and don't mention it, I take it that you've > created the server principal and put it somewhere that Exim will find it > (via PAM?) SMTP uses "smtp/" principals instead of the "host/" > principals normally used for authentication for PAM sign-in. > > Eg, I run "ktutil -k /etc/kerberos/tabs/exim.keytab list" and see > principals for "smtp/[EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://spodhuis.org/>" > with various > ciphers. > I did not mention kerberos because it is authenticating fine, in log/messages i have: *Jun 18 17:28:06 chill sendmail: pam_krb5[20284]: authentication succeeds for 'samerk' ([EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>*)* The problem was in the PAM conf, i had to to point the account to pam_krb5.so instead of pam_unix.so: *account required /lib/security/pam_krb5.so *It is kind of weird since it's working with pam_unix.so on a second server. Thanks, SK ----------------------------------------------------------------- Samer Khalil Computing & Networking Services American University of Beirut E-Mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Room:341 Phone:961-1-350000 / Ext:2242 > Regards, > -Phil > -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
