Dovecot relay problem

Hi,
I use Dovecot with Postfix (ISPConfig 2.2.23) and receive the e-mail very well.

The problem is the relay; the error log message is "fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms".

I added only this rows in /etc/postfix/main.cf (Debian 4):

Code:

smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot
smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth

An idea?

Thanks a lot

 

Uhmmm I writed that rows in the postfix main.cf because I readed a thread, but I don't undestand very well

So, now I read my file dovecot.conf and I've discovered this sub-section (row 952):

Code:

# It's possible to export the authentication interface to other programs:
  socket listen {
    #master {
      # Master socket is typically used to give Dovecot's local delivery
      # agent access to userdb so it can find mailbox locations. It can
      # however also be used to disturb regular user authentications.
      # WARNING: Giving untrusted users access to master socket may be a
      # security risk, don't give too wide permissions to it!
      #path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
      #mode = 0600
      # Default user/group is the one who started dovecot-auth (root)
      #user =
      #group =
    #}
    client {
      # The client socket is generally safe to export to everyone. Typical use
      # is to export it to your SMTP server so it can do SMTP AUTH lookups
      # using it.
      path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client
      mode = 0660
      user = postfix
      group = postfix
    }
}

I must change this sub-section?

In the directory /etc/postfix (Debian 4) there isn't a sub-directory "private/auth": I don't understand the row "smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth" in main.cf

Thanks a lot

 

Please run

Code:

postconf -e 'smtpd_sasl_type = cyrus'
postconf -e 'smtpd_sasl_path = smtpd'

and restart Postfix.

 

Great!

I changed the row 970 in dovecont.conf as "path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth" and now the relay mechanism works.

I'm sorry Till, but the thread http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12308 is difficult for me and I understand it step by step.

Thanks a lot and regards

 

Thanks Falko,
but I need Dovecot for use the e-mail address as user.

Now all work very well, I hope so!

Regards