SASL authentication failure

[coxeh]

Hi, thanks for the great tutorial on the mail server setup.

However i cannot authenticate when sending emails. i keep getting this error in my mail.log


Aug 13 11:11:55 mail postfix/smtpd[18307]: warning: SASL authentication failure: cannot connect to saslauthd server: No such file or directory
Aug 13 11:11:55 mail postfix/smtpd[18307]: warning: 87-194-161-149.bethere.co.uk[87.194.161.149]: SASL LOGIN authentication failed: generic failure


/etc/postfix/sasl/smtpd.conf

pwcheck_method: saslauthd
mech_list: plain login
allow_plaintext: true
auxprop_plugin: mysql
sql_hostnames: 127.0.0.1
sql_user: user
sql_passwd: password
sql_database: mail
sql_select: select password from users where email = '%u'
mech_list: plain login
pwcheck_method: saslauthd


/etc/default/saslauthd

START=yes
PARAMS="-m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -r"
PIDFILE="/var/spool/postfix/var/run/${NAME}/saslauthd.pid"
MECHANISMS="pam"
MECH_OPTIONS=""
THREADS=5
OPTIONS="-c"


/etc/pam.d/smtp

auth required pam_mysql.so user=user passwd=password host=127.0.0.1 db=mail table=users usercolumn=email passwdcolumn=password crypt=1
account sufficient pam_mysql.so user=user passwd=password host=127.0.0.1 db=mail table=users usercolumn=email passwdcolumn=password crypt=1


/etc/postfix/main.cf

smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu)
biff = no
append_dot_mydomain = no
smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/smtpd.cert
smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/smtpd.key
smtpd_use_tls = yes
smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtpd_scache
smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtp_scache
smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtp_sasl_password_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_mailboxes.cf
smtpd_sasl_path = smtpd

myhostname = mail.eccemedia.com
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
myorigin = /etc/mailname
mydestination = mail.eccemedia.com, localhost, localhost.localdomain
relayhost =
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8
mailbox_size_limit = 0
recipient_delimiter = +
inet_interfaces = all
virtual_alias_domains =
virtual_alias_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_forwardings.cf, mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_email2email.cf
virtual_mailbox_domains = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_domains.cf
virtual_mailbox_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_mailboxes.cf
virtual_mailbox_base = /home/vmail
virtual_uid_maps = static:5000
virtual_gid_maps = static:5000
smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject _unauth_destination
transport_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_transports.cf
virtual_create_maildirsize = yes
virtual_mailbox_extended = yes
virtual_overquota_bounce = yes
proxy_read_maps = $local_recipient_maps $mydestination $virtual_alias_maps $virtual_alias_domains $virtual_mailbox_maps $virtual_mailbox_domains $relay_recipient_maps $relay_domains $canonical_maps $sender_canonical_maps $recipient_canonical_maps $relocated_maps $transport_maps $mynetworks $virtual_mailbox_limit_maps
content_filter = amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024
receive_override_options = no_address_mappings
home_mailbox = Maildir/
mailbox_command =



I have read some of the threads on here and none have seemed to help my situation.

does anyone have any idea what i have done wrong?

Thanks

[drone12]

I have the same issue....

I followed the ...
http://www.howtoforge.com/virtual_postfix_mysql_quota_courier_ubuntu_edgy

Tutorial on ubuntu fiesty, and pretty much did a copy and paste of everything except the portion for quota, and anything related to quota.



Aug 14 01:14:34 classicaddy postfix/smtpd[12723]: warning: SASL authentication failure: cannot connect to saslauthd server: No such file or directory
Aug 14 01:14:34 classicaddy postfix/smtpd[12723]: warning: removedmyiphostname.net[myip]: SASL LOGIN authentication failed: generic failure

[coxeh]

Hi i finally got it working.

i changed my /etc/default/saslauthd to
#
# Settings for saslauthd daemon
#

# Should saslauthd run automatically on startup? (default: no)
START=yes

# Which authentication mechanisms should saslauthd use? (default: pam)
#
# Available options in this Debian package:
# getpwent -- use the getpwent() library function
# kerberos5 -- use Kerberos 5
# pam -- use PAM
# rimap -- use a remote IMAP server
# shadow -- use the local shadow password file
# sasldb -- use the local sasldb database file
# ldap -- use LDAP (configuration is in /etc/saslauthd.conf)
#
# Only one option may be used at a time. See the saslauthd man page
# for more information.
#
# Example: MECHANISMS="pam"
MECHANISMS="pam"

# Additional options for this mechanism. (default: none)
# See the saslauthd man page for information about mech-specific options.
MECH_OPTIONS=""

# How many saslauthd processes should we run? (default: 5)
# A value of 0 will fork a new process for each connection.
THREADS=5

# Other options (default: -c)
# See the saslauthd man page for information about these options.
#
# Example for postfix users: "-c -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd"
# Note: See /usr/share/doc/sasl2-bin/README.Debian
OPTIONS="-c -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -r"


then instead of restarting the saslauthd daemon i did


sudo /etc/init.d/saslauthd stop
sudo /etc/init.d/saslauthd start

[falko]

I have the same issue....

I followed the ...
http://www.howtoforge.com/virtual_postfix_mysql_quota_courier_ubuntu_edgy

Tutorial on ubuntu fiesty, and pretty much did a copy and paste of everything except the portion for quota, and anything related to quota.



Aug 14 01:14:34 classicaddy postfix/smtpd[12723]: warning: SASL authentication failure: cannot connect to saslauthd server: No such file or directory
Aug 14 01:14:34 classicaddy postfix/smtpd[12723]: warning: removedmyiphostname.net[myip]: SASL LOGIN authentication failed: generic failureDo you get any errors when you restart saslauthd?

What's in /etc/default/saslauthd?