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Bug 13246 - Postfix smtp (CLIENT) sasl bug. (postfix-1.1.11.20020917)
Summary: Postfix smtp (CLIENT) sasl bug. (postfix-1.1.11.20020917)
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Nick Hadaway
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Reported: 2003-01-04 10:51 UTC by Nick
Modified: 2003-01-20 03:22 UTC (History)
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Description Nick 2003-01-04 10:51:29 UTC
As a smtp *client* postfix doesn't even try to authenticate with the smtp relay.  Naturally 
I have sasl in USE, and yes, I've made sure to add the necessary smtp_sasl_auth lines 
to main.cf, and have done all of the other standard, documented configuration.  I've 
compared a postfix tcpdump'ed session to a kmail tcpdump'ed session, but postfix isn't 
even trying to authenticate.  Oh yes, I'm trying to use LOGIN, because that's the most 
secure method my relay has available, and authenticated smtp is mandatory.
Comment 1 Joakim 2003-01-06 10:39:29 UTC
I'm not sure here and I'm not member of the bug team, but aren't you trying to activate the wrong parameter? If you want postfix to auth your connections with LOGIN you have to set smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes and NOT smtp_sasl_auth  At least that's how my postfix handle it... 
Comment 2 Nick 2003-01-06 11:52:19 UTC
Joakim, please read the summary and description. (CLIENT)  I didn't mention configuration lines such as specifying your saslpass location, because most people who have configured postfix+sasl are already familiar with them.  Thanks for the interest anyway.

The remote smtpd is qmail.  I'm not very well aquainted with smtp-auth, and so could this possibly be a conflict of implementations?  If so, can it be fixed on our end?
Comment 3 Nick Hadaway 2003-01-19 17:44:40 UTC
postfix-2.0.2 has been added to portage.  Please test this new version for possible resolution to your authentication problems.
Comment 4 Nick 2003-01-20 03:22:40 UTC
Hmmm, for some reason postfix-1.1.11.20020917 authenticates propely now.  Sometime 
in the last two weeks I emerge -up world'ed, then cleaned it, and the only traces I have 
left are: 
upgraded baselayout 1.7.8-r1, to 1.8.5.5; 
		binutils 2.11.92.0.12.3-r2 to 2.13.90.0.16-r1; 
and merged cyrus-sasl and postfix just yesturday.  If my isp's relay was misconfigured, 
the admins might have fixed it.  There are too many variables for me to pinpoint where 
the problem was.  Raker, I'd test postfix-2.0.2, but I'm pretty excited that things are 
working now.  If nobody else has postfix authentication problems, I vote to close this 
bug.