Sendmail Question

[Chris Logan]

Chris Logan wrote:

> Alexander Dalloz wrote:
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>> Am Di, den 12.10.2004 schrieb Chris Logan um 20:10:
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>>>>> Is there anyway I can create users and have there usernames and 
>>>>> passwords separate from the systems.
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>>>> Yes, sure. A simple solution would be to use a sasldb2. A more complex
>>>> solution is to use an LDAP server. Setting up Sendmail along with a
>>>> MySQL server is possible too.
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>>> How do I use sasldb2? I wouldn't mind using MySQL since its 
>>> something I know but want to keep it simple.
>>>   
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>> Change /usr/lib/sasl2/Sendmail.conf to contain something like:
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>> pwcheck_method: auxprop
>> mech_list: PLAIN LOGIN CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5
>> log_level: 3
>> auxprop_plugin: sasldb
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>> Then use "saslpasswd2" to create the /etc/sasldb2 with your user data.
>> Be sure the file is chowned by root and chmod 600, because the auth data
>> is stored in this db file in plain format. Read about the SASL auth. You
>> will need to care for the realm being part of the username.
>> "sasldblistusers2" will list created sasldb2 users.
>>
>> Alexander
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> Well I fooled myself its not working had a linux user account with the 
> same name and it was using it. I have chmod 600 sasldb2 and sasldb I 
> don't know which one its using I had a Sendmail.conf in /etc/sasl2/ 
> but I also put one in /etc/sasl/ both with
> "pwcheck_method: saslauthd"
> did both saslpasswd and saslpasswd2
> It acts like sendmail isn't reading either of them do I have to add 
> something to the sendmail.mc
>
And yes before you ask I did add a user with saslpasswd -c user and 
saslpasswd2 aswell.