Hello Everyone, I have been slowly figuring this out and appreciate the help from fellow members who've been able to help. I have tried to create a site and email account in ISPConfig. I am getting the link message showing my virtual share : This IP address is shared. For access to the web site which you look for, enter its address instead of its IP. For questions or problems please contact the server administrator. So, i'm guessing I got that part right. However, I created my email account and it doesn't seem to be working as expected. Let's say for example, [email protected] and the login name is web1_user. I've then tried to setup my email client to access the account. I wanted to use mail.mydomain.com for the in and outgoing server but seems to just respond to mydomain.com. That being said, I am able to setup for check mail and it checks it ok... however sending, there seems to be a problem. I keep being locked and unable to authenticate my login to the mail server. So i checked the auth.log file and noted the following: Feb 4 20:43:46 www saslauthd[7060]: pam_unix(smtp:auth): check pass; user unknown Feb 4 20:43:46 www saslauthd[7060]: pam_unix(smtp:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost= Feb 4 20:43:49 www saslauthd[7060]: DEBUG: auth_pam: pam_authenticate failed: User not known to the underlying authentication module Feb 4 20:43:49 www saslauthd[7060]: do_auth : auth failure: [service=smtp] [realm=mail.mudomainu.com] [mech=pam] [reason=PAM auth error] In addition, I see in the mail.log file: Feb 4 21:43:51 www postfix/smtpd[8080]: connect from <ISP data>.dsl.bell.ca[74.xx.xx.xx] Feb 4 21:43:53 www postfix/smtpd[8080]: warning: <ISP data>.dsl.bell.ca[74.12.38.129]: SASL LOGIN authentication failed: authentication failure Feb 4 21:43:53 www postfix/smtpd[8080]: lost connection after AUTH from <ISP data>.dsl.bell.ca[74.xx.xx.xx] Feb 4 21:43:53 www postfix/smtpd[8080]: disconnect from <ISP data>.dsl.bell.ca[74.xx.xx.xx] Feb 4 21:43:53 www courierpop3login: Connection, ip=[::ffff:74.xx.xx.xx] Feb 4 21:43:53 www courierpop3login: LOGIN, user=web1_user, ip=[::ffff:74.xx.xx.xx] Feb 4 21:43:53 www courierpop3login: LOGOUT, user=web1_user, ip=[::ffff:74.xx.xx.xx], top=0, retr=0, rcvd=12, sent=39, time=0 Feb 4 21:47:13 www postfix/anvil[8082]: statistics: max connection rate 1/60s for (smtp:74.xx.xx.xx) at Feb 4 21:43:51 Feb 4 21:47:13 www postfix/anvil[8082]: statistics: max connection count 1 for (smtp:74.xx.xx.xx) at Feb 4 21:43:51 Feb 4 21:47:13 www postfix/anvil[8082]: statistics: max cache size 1 at Feb 4 21:43:51 I'm thinking part of the problem might be the steps I took in setting up the account in ISP config. Can someone please confirm what I may have done wrong? Thanks in advance, nibbles
Using Ubuntu 7.10 - Used the Ubuntu Server Setup in which you've graciously provided. My main.cf is configured as follows: smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu) biff = no append_dot_mydomain = no smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.crt smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.key smtpd_use_tls = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtpd_scache smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtp_scache myhostname = mail.mydomain.com alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases myorigin = /etc/mailname mydestination = /etc/postfix/local-host-names relayhost = mynetworks = 192.168.0.1/32,192.168.0.0/24,127.0.0.0/8 mailbox_command = mailbox_size_limit = 0 recipient_delimiter = + inet_interfaces = all inet_protocols = all smtpd_sasl_local_domain = smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject _unauth_destination smtpd_tls_auth_only = no smtp_use_tls = yes smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/ssl/cacert.pem smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1 smtpd_tls_received_header = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom home_mailbox = Maildir/ virtual_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtusertable I've noticed a lot of info in regards to people having this error mentioned so I'm glad I'm not alone Please let me know if you need anything else from the logs that may help. I was thinking that maybe I may not be setting up my main domain up properly in ISPConfig. If there's a suggested howto to ensure I did completed the right way would be appreciated since I'm learning as I go but having fun learning how it all works so all is good . Just seems by the message like the userid I create is "unknown" or maybe interpreting info the wrong way. Cheers, Nibbles
Hello Falko, Here's the information you've requested: For /etc/default/saslauthd: START=yes MECHANISMS="pam" MECH_OPTIONS="" THREADS=5 OPTIONS="-m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -r" and for /etc/postfix/sasl/smtpd.conf: pwcheck_method: saslauthd mech_list: plain login Cheers, Nibbles
It must look like this: Code: # # Settings for saslauthd daemon # # Should saslauthd run automatically on startup? (default: no) START=yes # Which authentication mechanisms should saslauthd use? (default: pam) # # Available options in this Debian package: # getpwent -- use the getpwent() library function # kerberos5 -- use Kerberos 5 # pam -- use PAM # rimap -- use a remote IMAP server # shadow -- use the local shadow password file # sasldb -- use the local sasldb database file # ldap -- use LDAP (configuration is in /etc/saslauthd.conf) # # Only one option may be used at a time. See the saslauthd man page # for more information. # # Example: MECHANISMS="pam" MECHANISMS="pam" # Additional options for this mechanism. (default: none) # See the saslauthd man page for information about mech-specific options. MECH_OPTIONS="" # How many saslauthd processes should we run? (default: 5) # A value of 0 will fork a new process for each connection. THREADS=5 # Other options (default: -c) # See the saslauthd man page for information about these options. # # Example for postfix users: "-c -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd" # Note: See /usr/share/doc/sasl2-bin/README.Debian OPTIONS="[B][COLOR="Red"]-c[/COLOR][/B] -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -r"
Hello Falko, I've tried it both ways. Initially with OPTIONS="-c -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -r" and also OPTIONS="-m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -r" Currently, I have it set to : OPTIONS="-c -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -r" Cheers, Nibbles
I've actually copied and paste it... Nothing much better than that. Even so... I've already rechecked it several times and it's exactly as per the howto Cheers, nibbles
What's the username you're using in your email client? Is it [email protected] or web1_user? Should be web1_user.
Hello Falko, Yepper... that I am using however still same results as always. Since this is a learning thing for me and in no rush, I will initiate a full reinstall from scratch for everything and apply what I've learned from the tidbits of help received. I will then test again and will simply repost if error persist. Thanks for everyones help in the interim. Cheers, Nibbles
