I use my Postfix smtp-server for outgoing email. Since today; when i send an email using my emailclient and this Postfix SMTP-server, an error occurs: Authentication failed: The username and/or password is not permitted. I also discovered that i can not start the saslauthd daemon: /etc/init.d/saslauthd start When i do an /etc/init.d/saslauthd start I receive this message: Starting SASL Authentication Daemon: (failed). What can be wrong? I hope someone knows. Hans
A piece of my mail log: Mar 31 19:03:19 server1 postfix/smtpd[17383]: TLS connection established from MYHOSTNAME[MYIPADDRESS]: TL$ Mar 31 19:03:19 server1 postfix/smtpd[17383]: warning: SASL authentication problem: unable to open Berkeley db /etc/sasldb2:$ Mar 31 19:03:19 server1 postfix/smtpd[17383]: warning: SASL authentication problem: unable to open Berkeley db /etc/sasldb2:$ Mar 31 19:03:19 server1 postfix/smtpd[17383]: warning: SASL authentication failure: no secret in database Mar 31 19:03:19 server1 postfix/smtpd[17383]: warning: MYHOSTNAME[MYIPADDRESS]: SASL CRAM-MD5 authenticat$ Mar 31 19:03:19 server1 postfix/smtpd[17383]: disconnect from MYHOSTNAME[MYIPADDRESS] Hans
The problem is solved now by Falko's solution: http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3200&highlight=saslauthd+start
saslauthd problems continue I thought that i solved the problem. But the problem still remains. When i kill all processes as mentioned in Falko's solution, saslauthd is is starting up indeed, but when i give the command: /etc/init.d/saslauthd restart The system responds: Stopping SASL Authentication Daemon: (not running). Starting SASL Authentication Daemon: (failed). So, my conclusion is: saslauthd is not running at all and maybe it also explains a bit my problem with authentication using smtp, as descibed in thread called "Can not receive e-mail - Postfix" from yesterday. I do not know what to do now, Some support would be great! Hans
