[mdlug] Setting up SSL/TLS/SASL on Postfix

Robert Adkins II radkins at impelind.com
Tue Jan 22 16:07:48 EST 2013


When I run testsaslauthd I end up with the following response:

Connect() : No such file or directory
0:

Which strongly indicates that something else is missing. So, off I go to see
what that might be.


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Regards,
Robert Adkins

 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf Of Robert Adkins II
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> To: awilliam at whitemice.org; 'MDLUG's Main discussion list'
> Subject: Re: [mdlug] Setting up SSL/TLS/SASL on Postfix
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org
> > [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf Of Adam Tauno Williams
> > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 7:31 AM
> > To: 'MDLUG's Main discussion list'
> > Subject: Re: [mdlug] Setting up SSL/TLS/SASL on Postfix
> > 
> > > > Have you configured the server for smtp_ or smtpd_ ?
> > > The default OpenSuSe install, which I understand to be smtpd_
> > 
> > smtp is for sending, and smtpd is for receiving; roughly.
> > 
> 
> 	Alright. Thanks for this info.
> 
> 	I think that part of my problems lay in using Webmin to 
> configuring the service. It's a good shortcut for getting 
> something up and running quickly, but it doesn't provide all 
> the options or the best explainations.
> 
> > > > Is the tlsmgr process running?
> > > It is... now.
> > 
> > That will help! :)
> > 
> > > I finally received a notification that the server has a sercurity 
> > > certificate and it passed the cert down to my client. 
> However, it's 
> > > not accepting the password, plaintext. I also attempted
> > encrypted, but
> > > that was clearly rejected as the server not supporting
> > encrypted passwords.
> > 
> > What does "not supporting encrypted passwords" mean?.  How are you 
> > performing authentication?
> > 
> 	
> 	Right now, for testing and setup, I have it configured 
> for plain text passwords over the SSL connection. I'm working 
> one step at a time before I get it over to the live server.
> 
> > If you are using passwords then I assume testsaslsuthd works?
> > 
> 
> I'll have to run testsaslsuthd to confirm that. I'll need to 
> read into how
> to test that with Postfix.	 
> 
> Regards,
> Rob
> 
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