When I try to start saslauthd I get the following message: saslauthd[2820] :set_auth_mech : failed to initialize mechanism rimap current version of cyrus-sasl: 2.1.13 with previous version (2.1.10-r2) I had no problems Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1./etc/init.d/saslauthd start 2. 3. Actual Results: saslauthd[2820] :set_auth_mech : failed to initialize mechanism rimap Expected Results: saslauthd ok Portage 2.0.48-r1 (default-1.0, gcc-2.95.3, glibc-2.2.5-r8) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20-gentoo-r3 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/share/config /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /var/bind /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/obj" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" USE="x86 gnome-libs -3dfx -3dnow aalib -acl -acpi -afs -alsa apache2 -apm -arts atlas avi berkdb -bonobo -canna cdr -cjk crypt -cups -curl -debug dga -directfb -doc dvb dvd -emacs encode -esd ethereal -evo -fbcon -firebird flash -freetds -freewnn -gb gd gdbm -ggi gif -gnome gphoto2 -gpm gps gtk -gtk2 -gtkhtml -guile -icc -icc-pgo imap imlib -informix innodb -ipv6 jack java jikes jpeg -junit -kde -kerberos -krb4 -ladcca lcms -ldap libg++ +lirc -leim -libgda libwww -matrox -maildir mbox -mcal memlimit mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg -mpi -mule -mysql nas ncurses -nhc98 nls -nocardbus -oci8 -odbc oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcmcia -pda pdflib perl plotutils png pnp -postgres -prebuilt python -qt quicktime readline -ruby samba sasl -scanner sdl slang -slp snmp socks5 spell sse ssl -static -svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype trusted usb -voodoo3 -wavelan wmf X Xaw3d -xinerama -xface xml xml2 xmms xv -zeo zlib lids" COMPILER="" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=i686 -O3 -pipe" CXXFLAGS="-march=i686 -O3 -pipe" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" MAKEOPTS="-j2" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="sandbox ccache"
2002-05-17 Rob Siemborski <rjs3@andrew.cmu.edu> * saslauthd/saslauthd-*.c: support a generic mechanism option -O instead of -H With cyrus-sasl-2.1.13 the /etc/conf.d/saslauthd file has been changed... -H was no longer a valid option to pass to saslauthd wrt rimap... Has your /etc/conf.d/saslauthd been updated accordingly?
With -O in /etc/conf.d/saslauthd the same story :-(
Ran into this problem myself. Was a oops on my part of not updating the config file. This attachment will fix the problem. Overwrite your old file in /etc/conf.d
Created attachment 13832 [details] New config file for saslauthd Place in /etc/conf.d and try /etc/init.d/saslauthd zap start
my problems are no in config file but somewhere else: # saslauthd -a rimap -O 127.0.0.1 saslauthd[2820] :set_auth_mech : failed to initialize mechanism rimap I cannot find the source of this problem :-(((
cyrus-sasl-2.1.14 has been added to portage. Please test this new version.
Now it works. Thank you
problem is reported as fixed. :)