Bug#263608: /usr/sbin/exim4: SMTP auth fails with PAM

[Andreas Metzler]

On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 01:00:21PM +0200, Administrator Wydzialu Informatyki PS wrote:
> Package: exim4-daemon-heavy
> Version: 4.34-4
> Severity: normal
> File: /usr/sbin/exim4
> 
> With new version of exim4 (upgrade from 4.32-2 to 4.34-4) authorization in AUTH section that works properly in previously version does't work 
> in new version.
> 
> Configuration in section auth:
> login_server:
>     driver = plaintext
>     public_name = LOGIN
>     server_prompts = "Username:: : Password::"
>     server_condition = "${if pam{$1:${sg{$2}{:}{::}}}{1}{0}}"
>     server_set_id = $1
[...]
> This is not PAM problem. Other services works good.

Hello,
Sorry for taking ages to respond.

What does your respective PAM configuration look like? I am asking
because PAM with pam_unix is known to not work, therefore your
configuration must be different than Debian's vanilla one.
           cu andreas