On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 01:58, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am Do, den 24.06.2004 schrieb Tom McLoughlin um 2:23: > > > 'Cyradm --user cyrus localhost' brings a prompt for 'IMAP password'. > > I enter the password xxxxx which I created 'passwd cyrus' > > I get the 'Login failed: generic failure > > /usr/lib/perl5/site/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi/Cyrus/IMAP/Admin.pm > > line 118' > > This region of the perl script has something to do with overheading. > > It is just a general error message. Take as authentification failure. > You see more in the /var/log/maillog. > > > Therefore I cannot yet authenticate -- no connection to the server > > And cannot create mailboxes... > > I am so close; could you help me a little further? > > > Tom > > Make sure both the cyrus-imapd is running as well the saslauthd! > > service cyrus-imapd status > service saslauthd status > > By default the saslauthd does not run, so start it with "service > saslauthd start". You may also want to run "chkconfig --level 345 cyrus-imapd on" and "chkconfig --level 345 saslauthd on" This will set these services to start on the next reboot. Doug
