Bug#558014: sasl2-bin: doesn't return from /etc/init.d/saslauthd start -> postinst script hangs

[Dan White]

On 25/11/09 23:02 +0100, Dirk Dike wrote:
>Package: sasl2-bin
>Version: 2.1.22.dfsg1-8+etch1
>Severity: critical
>Justification: breaks unrelated software
>
># /etc/init.d/saslauthd start
>saslauthd[28763] :main            : num_procs  : 5
>saslauthd[28763] :main            : mech_option: NULL
>saslauthd[28763] :main            : run_path   : /var/run/saslauthd
>saslauthd[28763] :main            : auth_mech  : kerberos5

Have you customized your /etc/default/saslauthd? It appears that saslauthd
is attempting to use the kerberos5 mech, which may in turn be hanging on a
call to a kerberos library.

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Dan White