On Monday 16 May 2005 4:10 pm, Rainer Duffner wrote: > Ken Jones wrote: > > On Monday 16 May 2005 3:52 pm, Nick Gilbert wrote: > >>Hi, > >> > >>I have IMAP authentication working for vpopmail and standard linux > >>users, but I have a problem with SMTP authentication. > >> > >>I need SMTP authentication to work for standard linux users (I'm not > >>worried about vpop users at all for SMTP-AUTH). I have built my box > >>using the instructions on Shupp.org (Bill Schupp). I understand that > >>Bill's toaster incorporates a Qmail AUTH patch but when I try to login > >>it doesn't work: > >> > >>Escape character is '^]'. > >>220 blue.x-rm.com ESMTP > >>ehlo localhost > >>250-blue.x-rm.com > >>250-STARTTLS > >>250-PIPELINING > >>250-8BITMIME > >>250-SIZE 0 > >>250 AUTH LOGIN PLAIN CRAM-MD5 > >>auth login > >>334 VXNlcm5hbWU6 > >>bmljaw== > >>334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6 > >><base64 encoded password> > >>535 authentication failed (#5.7.1) > >> > >>I also have this line in /var/log/maillog > >> > >>May 16 20:56:23 blue vpopmail[22654]: vchkpw-smtp: vpopmail user not > >>found nick@:127.0.0.1 > >> > >>..which implies that perhaps it's only looking for vpopmail users rather > >>than /etc/passwd users. > >> > >>I would like it to work for /etc/passwd users only, or both vpopmail AND > >>/etc/passwd users - whichever is easier. > >> > >>Can someone please give me some pointers on how I can fix this problem > >>so that normal shell account users can authenticate. > > > > I think smtp auth requires a clear text password for CRAM-MD5 > > authentication to work. If so, /etc/passwd users won't be able to use > > smtp authentication. > > Wasn't the other problem that qmail-smtpd needed to be run as root?
Possibly. It would need permission to access the passwd information.
