34272 2003-11-24 11:04 0000 saslauthd[25300] :set_auth_mech : failed to initilize mechanism rimap 2004-01-28 07:38:24 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Library unspecified x86 Linux RESOLVED FIXED P2 major --- 1 gentoo@glazer.ca nick@capital-internet.net gentoo@glazer.ca 2003-11-24 11:04:52 0000 This is the same as bug 23037, however upgrading cyrus-sasl did not provide a resolution. Starting saslauthd manually to use rimap authentication mechanism - saslauthd -a rimap -O 127.0.0.1 I receive saslauthd[25300] :set_auth_mech : failed to initilize mechanism rimap I have tried this using cyrus-sasl-2.1.13, 2.1.14 and 2.1.15. I have tried this on 4 different x86 machines and each gives the same error. This has nothing to do with /etc/conf.d/saslauthd, which is up to date. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.saslauthd -a rimap -O 127.0.0.1 2. 3. Actual Results: saslauthd[19557] :set_auth_mech : failed to initilize mechanism rimap Expected Results: Started SASL hermes etc # emerge info Portage 2.0.49-r15 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r1, 2.4.22-hardened) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.22-hardened i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.10 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/share/config /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="sandbox ccache autoaddcvs" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo/ http://adelie.polymtl.ca/ http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ http://gentoo.noved.org/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="perl x86 -oss apm -arts -avi berkdb crypt -cups -encode -foomaticdb gdbm gif gpm -gtk imlib java jpeg -kde -gnome -libg++ libwww -mad -mikmod mmx -motif -mpeg ncurses nls -oggvorbis -opengl pam pdflib png python -qt -quicktime readline -sdl slang spell ssl -svga tcpd -truetype -X xml2 -xmms -xv zlib ethereal -ldap mysql sasl usb apache2" max@gentoo.org 2004-01-28 07:38:24 0000 This will be fixed the hard way in 2.1.17 momentarily. In the mean time, you can fix this the easy way by setting the host to "127.0.0.1/imap2" <-- notice the protocol is imap2 (by default it uses imap which is not defined in /etc/services on Gentoo.) I added a quick sed fix to change the default. But if you don't want to rebuild the whole thing, then just stick the proper port as part of the hostname in /etc/conf.d/saslauthd.