* Suresh Kumar Prajapati <er.sureshprajap...@gmail.com>: > Both are system users and I've assigned password to them using > passwd user_name > command as well > saslpasswd2 user_name
So we have two ways to go: system accounts or separate mail user database. I recommend using the separate database, because compromised accounts would only affect your mail service but not the system (if you use different usernames and passwords...). Which way do you want to go? p@rick > > > > On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Patrick Ben Koetter > <p...@state-of-mind.de>wrote: > > > * Suresh Kumar Prajapati <er.sureshprajap...@gmail.com>: > > > Hi > > > following is the output from the command you have > > > [root@<domain.com> ~]# testsaslauthd -s pam -u tom -p redhat > > > 0: NO "authentication failed" > > > > > > and then i change /etc/sysconfig/saslauthd > > > fiel MECH=shadow > > > and then run the following command > > > > > > [root@<domain.com> ~]# testsaslauthd -s shadow -u tom -p redhat > > > 0: OK "Success." > > > > Great. We're one step further. > > > > Where do you store the identities mail senders should use to authenticate? > > Are > > all your senders system accounts? Are they in a database? > > > > p@rick > > > > > > -- > > All technical questions asked privately will be automatically answered on > > the > > list and archived for public access unless privacy is explicitely required > > and > > justified. > > > > saslfinger (debugging SMTP AUTH): > > <http://postfix.state-of-mind.de/patrick.koetter/saslfinger/> > > > > > > -- > Best Regards, > Suresh Kumar Prajapati > Linux Security Admin > E-mail: er.sureshprajap...@gmail.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Pencils could be made with erasers at both ends, but what would be the > point? -- state of mind () Digitale Kommunikation http://www.state-of-mind.de Franziskanerstraße 15 Telefon +49 89 3090 4664 81669 München Telefax +49 89 3090 4666 Amtsgericht München Partnerschaftsregister PR 563
