# echo "dev-libs/cyrus-sasl -ldap mysql" >> /etc/portage/package.use # emerge cyrus-sasl The howto says to emerge cyrus-sasl with mysql support. And then tells the user to set the smtpd.conf file like that: # nano -w /etc/sasl2/smtpd.conf pwcheck_method: auxprop auxprop_plugin: sql sql_engine: mysql sql_hostnames: localhost sql_user: mailsql sql_passwd: <password> sql_database: mailsql sql_select: select clear from users where email = '%u@%r' mech_list: plain login pwcheck_method: saslauthd mech_list: LOGIN PLAIN (It's important to turn off auth methods we are not using. They cause problems for some mail clients.) # /etc/init.d/saslauthd start This did not work for me. If you compile cyrus-sasl the old fashioned way without mysql support and then use pam to authenticate: postfix -> sasl -> pam it works quite well. To get that working you have to change /etc/sasl2/smtpd.conf to read: mech_list: PLAIN LOGIN pwcheck_method:saslauthd And then adjust /etc/conf.d/saslauthd to read: SASLAUTHD_OPTS="${SASLAUTH_MECH} -a pam -r" That way saslauthd transforms user and realm into user@realm which makes it possible to use pam to authenticate against the mysql table. You advise the people to install pam mysql authentication but then don't use it for anything? Courier uses authdaemond.mysql and with the sasl configuration it seems, you somehow mixed up the settings, because there is mech_list and pwcheck_method two times in the file. I hope I didn't tell bullshit here, but I checked everything a thousand times. Anyway there is a "translation" failure in the german howto: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/de/virt-mail-howto.xml It still tells you to emerge cyrus-sasl without mysql support. Which obviously can't work at all, with the smtpd.conf settings the howto then uses. (As i tried to explain, it doesn't work either way...) Excuse my english, I am german and not quite a native speaker. :-) If you could confirm my thoughts, I can offer to correct the howto, and add to the section about spamfilter and virusscanner. Only if the author doesn't mind, I don't know anything about licenses and stuff. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual Results: Following the howto you result in a setup not working. Expected Results: Getting a virtual mailserver setup that allows you to relay mails with sasl authentication against a mysql database.
Yes, the current behaviour was listed due to bug #57411 which is resolved. I'll update the guide to reflect this.
Fixed in CVS.
