_sasl_plugin_load failed on sasl_auxprop_plug_init for plugin: sql

[gpf]

thanks for the great docs, very well done and much appreciated.

I'm working with Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier And MySQL (+ SMTP-AUTH, Quota, SpamAssassin, ClamAV) at http://howtoforge.com/virtual_postfi..._quota_courier

I'm setting it up on a fresh, clean, updated install of Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy Badger.

I've read through about six related threads in various threads on these forums, but i'm no closer to success, hence the post.

I strayed from Howto by omitting everything quota related, but otherwise all remains the same.

I have some repeated errors in the auth log which don't seem to be causing any functional problems that i've noticed. should i worry about them or shall i just press on and know they're there for me to read when i'm bored?

Here is the auth.log snippet which is repeated over and over both when mail is flowing in both directions and when it is not:

Apr 16 18:54:13 talthybius postfix/smtpd[9815]: sql_select option missing
Apr 16 18:54:13 talthybius postfix/smtpd[9815]: auxpropfunc error no mechanism available
Apr 16 18:54:13 talthybius postfix/smtpd[9815]: _sasl_plugin_load failed on sasl_auxprop_plug_init for plugin: sql
Apr 16 18:54:27 talthybius postfix/smtpd[9840]: sql_select option missing
Apr 16 18:54:27 talthybius postfix/smtpd[9840]: auxpropfunc error no mechanism available
Apr 16 18:54:27 talthybius postfix/smtpd[9840]: _sasl_plugin_load failed on sasl_auxprop_plug_init for plugin: sql
Apr 16 18:58:46 talthybius postfix/smtpd[9913]: sql_select option missing
Apr 16 18:58:46 talthybius postfix/smtpd[9913]: auxpropfunc error no mechanism available
Apr 16 18:58:46 talthybius postfix/smtpd[9913]: _sasl_plugin_load failed on sasl_auxprop_plug_init for plugin: sql

my /etc/default/saslauthd looks like this:

# This needs to be uncommented before saslauthd will be run automatically
 START=yes

# You must specify the authentication mechanisms you wish to use.
# This defaults to "pam" for PAM support, but may also include
# "shadow" or "sasldb", like this:
# MECHANISMS="pam shadow"

MECHANISMS="pam"
PARAMS="-m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -r"

here's what my /etc/courier/authmysqlrc has going on:

MYSQL_SERVER localhost
MYSQL_USERNAME mail_admin
MYSQL_PASSWORD MyPasswordHere
MYSQL_PORT 0
MYSQL_DATABASE mail
MYSQL_USER_TABLE users
MYSQL_CRYPT_PWFIELD password
#MYSQL_CLEAR_PWFIELD password
MYSQL_UID_FIELD 5000
MYSQL_GID_FIELD 5000
MYSQL_LOGIN_FIELD email
MYSQL_HOME_FIELD "/home/vmail"
MYSQL_MAILDIR_FIELD CONCAT(SUBSTRING_INDEX(email,'@',-1),'/',SUBSTRING_INDEX(email,'@',1),'/')
#MYSQL_NAME_FIELD
#MYSQL_QUOTA_FIELD quota

my /etc/postfix/main.cf is as follows:

# See /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.dist for a commented, more complete version

smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu)
biff = no

# appending .domain is the MUA's job.
append_dot_mydomain = no

# Uncomment the next line to generate "delayed mail" warnings
#delay_warning_time = 4h

myhostname = my.domain.tld
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
myorigin = /etc/mailname
mydestination = my.domain.tld, localhost, localhost.localdomain
relayhost =
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8
mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION"
mailbox_size_limit = 0
recipient_delimiter = +
inet_interfaces = all
virtual_alias_domains =
virtual_alias_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_forwardings.cf, proxy: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_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination
smtpd_use_tls = yes
smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/smtpd.cert
smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/smtpd.key
transport_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_transports.cf
#virtual_create_maildirsize = yes
#virtual_mailbox_extended = yes
#virtual_mailbox_limit_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_mailbox_limit_maps.cf
#virtual_mailbox_limit_override = yes
#virtual_maildir_limit_message = "The user you are trying to reach is over quota."
#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

please let me know of any other configs or log files i should post to help unravel this.

[falko]

Have a look here: http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/sho...version+format
http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/sho...version+format
http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/sho...ostfix+version

[one]

I have upgraded from workaround.org tutorial and skiped quota patch and quota settings

[falko]

Did you have a look at the links I posted above?

[one]

I read all forum posts, search on google but nothing helps me emails works perfectly except posted errors in auth.log

postconf -d | grep mail_version
mail_version = 2.1.5

[falko]

Does your /etc/pam.d/smtp look exactly as the one from the tutorial? Maybe you made a typo somewhere.

[one]

cat /etc/pam.d/smtp
auth    required   pam_mysql.so user=mail_admin passwd=*** host=127.0.0.1 db=mail table=users usercolumn=email passwdcolumn=password crypt=1
account sufficient pam_mysql.so user=mail_admin passwd=*** host=127.0.0.1 db=mail table=users usercolumn=email passwdcolumn=password crypt=1

[falko]

Can you compare all of your settings with those from the tutorial? Maybe it's a small typo somewhere, or the format of your configuration files is wrong...

[one]

 cat main.cf
# See /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.dist for a commented, more complete version

smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU)
biff = no

# appending .domain is the MUA's job.
append_dot_mydomain = no

# Uncomment the next line to generate "delayed mail" warnings
#delay_warning_time = 4h

myhostname = ***
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
myorigin = /etc/mailname
mydestination = ***, 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 = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_forwardings.cf mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_email2email.cf
virtual_mailbox_domains = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_domains.cf
virtual_mailbox_maps = 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
smtpd_sasl_local_domain =
broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination, permit
smtpd_use_tls = yes
smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/smtpd.cert
smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/smtpd.key

content_filter = amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024
receive_override_options = no_address_mappings

transport_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_transports.cf

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

cat master.cf
# ==========================================================================
# service type  private unpriv  chroot  wakeup  maxproc command + args
#               (yes)   (yes)   (yes)   (never) (100)
# ==========================================================================
smtp      inet  n       -       -       -       -       smtpd
#submission inet n      -       -       -       -       smtpd
#       -o smtpd_etrn_restrictions=reject
#628      inet  n       -       -       -       -       qmqpd
pickup    fifo  n       -       -       60      1       pickup
cleanup   unix  n       -       -       -       0       cleanup
qmgr      fifo  n       -       -       300     1       qmgr
#qmgr     fifo  n       -       -       300     1       oqmgr
rewrite   unix  -       -       -       -       -       trivial-rewrite
bounce    unix  -       -       -       -       0       bounce
defer     unix  -       -       -       -       0       bounce
trace     unix  -       -       -       -       0       bounce
verify    unix  -       -       -       -       1       verify
flush     unix  n       -       -       1000?   0       flush
proxymap  unix  -       -       n       -       -       proxymap
smtp      unix  -       -       -       -       -       smtp
relay     unix  -       -       -       -       -       smtp
#       -o smtp_helo_timeout=5 -o smtp_connect_timeout=5
showq     unix  n       -       -       -       -       showq
error     unix  -       -       -       -       -       error
local     unix  -       n       n       -       -       local
virtual   unix  -       n       n       -       -       virtual
lmtp      unix  -       -       n       -       -       lmtp
anvil     unix  -       -       n       -       1       anvil
#
# Interfaces to non-Postfix software. Be sure to examine the manual
# pages of the non-Postfix software to find out what options it wants.
#
# maildrop. See the Postfix MAILDROP_README file for details.
#
maildrop  unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe
  flags=DRhu user=vmail argv=/usr/local/bin/maildrop -d ${recipient}
uucp      unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe
  flags=Fqhu user=uucp argv=uux -r -n -z -a$sender - $nexthop!rmail ($recipient)
ifmail    unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe
  flags=F user=ftn argv=/usr/lib/ifmail/ifmail -r $nexthop ($recipient)
bsmtp     unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe
  flags=Fq. user=bsmtp argv=/usr/lib/bsmtp/bsmtp -d -t$nexthop -f$sender $recipient
scalemail-backend unix  -       n       n       -       2       pipe
  flags=R user=scalemail argv=/usr/lib/scalemail/bin/scalemail-store ${nexthop} ${user} ${extension}

# only used by postfix-tls
#tlsmgr   fifo  -       -       n       300     1       tlsmgr
#smtps    inet  n       -       n       -       -       smtpd -o smtpd_tls_wrappermode=yes -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes
#587      inet  n       -       n       -       -       smtpd -o smtpd_enforce_tls=yes -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes


amavis    unix  -       -       -       -       2       smtp -o smtp_data_done_timeout=1200 -o smtp_send_xforward_command=yes


127.0.0.1:10025 inet n  -       -       -       -       smtpd -o content_filter= -o local_recipient_maps= -o relay_recipient_maps= -o smtpd_restriction_classes= -o smtpd_client_restrictions= -o smtpd_helo_restrictions= -o smtpd_sender_restrictions= -o smtpd_recipient_restrictions=permit_mynetworks,reject -o mynetworks=127.0.0.0/8 -o strict_rfc821_envelopes=yes -o receive_override_options=no_unknown_recipient_checks,no_header_body_checks -o smtpd_bind_address=127.0.0.1

cat saslauthd
# This needs to be uncommented before saslauthd will be run automatically
START=yes

# You must specify the authentication mechanisms you wish to use.
# This defaults to "pam" for PAM support, but may also include
# "shadow" or "sasldb", like this:
# MECHANISMS="pam shadow"

MECHANISMS="pam"
PARAMS="-m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -r"

 cat smtpd.conf
pwcheck_method: saslauthd
mech_list: plain login
allow_plaintext: true
log_level: 5

cat mysql-virtual_email2email.cf
user = mail_admin
password = ***
dbname = mail
table = users
select_field = email
where_field = email
hosts = 127.0.0.1

cat mysql-virtual_mailboxes.cf
user = mail_admin
password = ***
dbname = mail
table = users
select_field = CONCAT(SUBSTRING_INDEX(email,'@',-1),'/',SUBSTRING_INDEX(email,'@',1),'/')
where_field = email
hosts = 127.0.0.1

cat mysql-virtual_domains.cf
user = mail_admin
password = ***
dbname = mail
table = domains
select_field = 'virtual'
where_field = domain
hosts = 127.0.0.1

 cat mysql-virtual_forwardings.cf
user = mail_admin
password = ***
dbname = mail
table = forwardings
select_field = destination
where_field = source
hosts = 127.0.0.1

cat mysql-virtual_transports.cf
user = mail_admin
password = ***
dbname = mail
table = transport
select_field = transport
where_field = domain
hosts = 127.0.0.1

/var/spool/postfix/var/run# ls -la
total 16
drwxr-xr-x  4 root  root 4096 2006-05-05 23:25 .
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  root 4096 2006-02-03 15:27 ..
drwxr-xr-x  2 mysql root 4096 2006-02-03 15:27 mysqld
drwx--x---  2 root  sasl 4096 2006-05-11 12:54 saslauthd

/var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd# ls -la
total 12
drwx--x---  2 root sasl 4096 2006-05-11 12:54 .
drwxr-xr-x  4 root root 4096 2006-05-05 23:25 ..
srwxrwxrwx  1 root root    0 2006-05-11 12:54 mux
-rw-------  1 root root    0 2006-05-11 12:54 mux.accept
-rw-------  1 root root    6 2006-05-11 12:54 saslauthd.pid

/var/log/auth.log
May 12 19:02:06 *** postfix/smtpd[7488]: sql_select option missing
May 12 19:02:06 *** postfix/smtpd[7488]: auxpropfunc error no mechanism available
May 12 19:02:06 *** postfix/smtpd[7488]: _sasl_plugin_load failed on sasl_auxprop_plug_init for plugin: sql

/var/log/mail.log
May 12 19:02:20 *** postfix/smtpd[7279]: 67B25102C7EF: client=***[***], sasl_method=LOGIN, sasl_username=***
May 12 19:02:22 *** postfix/cleanup[7479]: 67B25102C7EF: message-id=<008901c675e5$d532bab0$07b051d5@DUNE>
May 12 19:02:22 *** postfix/qmgr[13886]: 67B25102C7EF: from=<***>, size=1717, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
May 12 19:02:22 *** postfix/smtpd[7279]: disconnect from ***[***]
May 12 19:02:22 *** courierpop3login: Connection, ip=[***]
May 12 19:02:22 *** postfix/smtpd[7488]: connect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
May 12 19:02:22 *** postfix/smtpd[7488]: F0099102C7F0: client=localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
May 12 19:02:23 *** courierpop3login: LOGIN, user=***, ip=[***]
May 12 19:02:23 *** postfix/cleanup[7479]: F0099102C7F0: message-id=<008901c675e5$d532bab0$07b051d5@DUNE>
May 12 19:02:23 *** postfix/smtpd[7488]: disconnect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
May 12 19:02:23 *** postfix/qmgr[13886]: F0099102C7F0: from=<***>, size=2149, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
May 12 19:02:23 *** amavis[26678]: (26678-10) Passed CLEAN, [***] [***] <***> -> <***>, Message-ID: <008901c675e5$d532bab0$07b051d5@DUNE>, mail_id: LgC3qQ2XlosU, Hits: 4.351, 1014 ms
May 12 19:02:23 *** postfix/smtp[7484]: 67B25102C7EF: to=<***>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1], delay=3, status=sent (250 2.6.0 Ok, id=26678-10, from MTA([127.0.0.1]:10025): 250 Ok: queued as F0099102C7F0)
May 12 19:02:23 *** postfix/qmgr[13886]: 67B25102C7EF: removed
May 12 19:02:23 *** courierpop3login: LOGOUT, user=***, ip=[***], top=0, retr=0, time=0
May 12 19:02:24 *** postfix/smtp[7501]: F0099102C7F0: to=<***>, relay=***[***], delay=2, status=sent (250 2.6.0 message accepted)
May 12 19:02:24 *** postfix/qmgr[13886]: F0099102C7F0: removed

[tornhult]

I have the exact same problem. Or i shouldn't say problem since its just a minor annoyance in the log files. But i'm very curious as to find out what's really causing it.

And need i mention that i'm a linux newbie, but have followed the howto right to the letter. I have also gone over the .conf files to check for spelling errors.