Bug#283568: exim4: Wrong info in README.SMTP-AUTH

[Olaf van der Spek]

Andreas Metzler wrote:
>>It'd also be nice to mention the format of the passwd file
>>(username:crypted password)
> 
> 
> The comments in exim4.conf.template or 30_exim4-config_examples
> respectively describe the format.

I didn't know whether "user IDs" were user names or the numbers in the 
/etc/passwd file.

>>and that crypted passwords can be generated via mkpasswd.
> 
> There are numerous ways to generate crypted passwords most of them
> found on the first page of
> <http://www.google.com/search?q=generate+crypted+password> ;-)

I still think that should be mentioned in the documentation itself.

>>And what to edit in 30_exim4-config_examples for SASL and for
>>non-SASL authentication.
> 
> [...]
> 
> Could you be more specific on your problem?

I assumed it was just an example file and that I had to copy lines from 
it to somewhere else.

Something like "uncomment the plain_saslauthd section" would be more 
clear I think.