[BlueOnyx:25055] Re: Authenticated smarthost using Postfix

[Larry Smith]

On Wed July 28 2021 15:28, Larry Smith wrote:
> On Wed July 28 2021 15:20, Colin Jack wrote:
> > Hi Larry,
> >
> >       No, in main.cf you will add smtpd_sasl_path = smtpd
> >     which tells postfix that the cyrus configuration file is named
> > smtpd.conf. This file is generally in /usr/lib/sasl2 or possibly
> > /etc/sasl2 directory. You then configure cyrus to authenticate against
> > its database (sasldb).
> >
> >      Check out www.postfix.org/SASL_README.html for actual instructions
> >     on how to configure this.
> >
> > Still can't get this working.
> >
> > asldblistusers2 - gives correct credentials.
> > testsaslauthd ... fails. :-/
> >
> > Should be so simple. I will have to do some more digging/reading.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Colin
>
> Colin,
>
>   Check and see if saslauthd is running with the /etc/shadow flag
> (believe it is -a ).

Colin,

  Found some docs on how to run multiple saslauthd daemons for
authenticating postfix:

https://serverfault.com/questions/558377/saslauthd-multi-instance-for-postfix-smtp-authentication

-- 
Larry Smith
lesmith at ecsis.net