saslauthd

[Tobias Koeck]

Thanks for the information.

On 05/25/2018 11:27 PM, Dan White wrote:
> On 05/17/18 14:57 +0000, Tobias Köck wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> just found  a strange information in the saslauthd manpage
>>
>>     sasldb     (All platforms)
>>
>>                Authenticate against the SASL authentication database.  
>> Note that this is prob‐
>>                ably not what you want to use, and is even disabled at 
>> compile-time by default.
>>                If you want to use sasldb with the SASL library, you 
>> probably want to use the
>>                pwcheck_method of "auxprop" along with the sasldb 
>> auxprop plugin instead
>>
>> I don't understand why saslauthd with salsdb should not be used in the
>> Postfix environment? At least there is no explanation why it's not what
>> someboy want.
> 
> It is unusual to perform sasldb authentication via saslauthd. To do so
> would limit you to plaintext authentication mechanisms only (plain/login).
> saslauthd is an optional component of cyrus sasl.
> 
> Much more common is to sidestep saslauthd altogether and specify the
> 'pwcheck_method: auxprop' configuration line above. Postfix should not use
> or need saslauthd unless you've configured 'pwcheck_method: saslauthd'.
> 
> Consult the documentation at:
> 
> https://www.cyrusimap.org/sasl/sasl/components.html
> 
> If you have any further specific questions, you can ask on the
> cyrus-sasl mailing list.
>