On Sat, 2004-07-24 at 13:02, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am Sa, den 24.07.2004 schrieb Jonathan T. Steadman um 18:32: > > > ok then, I went back a step and got rid of STARTTLS, and authentication > > still does not take place, it works if I on mail client I dont check > > user name and password required for outgoing, but if i do check it, it > > does not work, unless of course my password would be different from > > login ect. which I can't see the point of that. This is what my > > Sorry, must be my bad English but I don't understand with that last > sentence. You say you use a different password than for shell login with > the same user? > > > sendmail.mc file looks like(at the bottom) I did a telnet on myself, and > > then ehlo localhost, and got 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN which is good as far > > as I can tell from readings I have done. I did have to change this: > > Seeing the AUTH MECHs offered does not mean anything. You will have to > go in further an really authenticate. You will have to pass it the > values base64 encoded. And your mail is still lacking maillog entries > showing error messages. > > > define(`confAUTH_OPTIONS', `A p')dnl > > to this: > > define(`confAUTH_OPTIONS', `A')dnl > > because when I did a telnet on port 25 with the former i turned up > > nothing for AUTH. Anyways am truly sorry for just throwing out my whole > > Yes, if you would read the cf/REAME you would find that the "p" > parameter for confAUTH_OPTIONS means to only allow PLAIN and LOGIN AUTH > when the connection is encrypted through TLS. > > > sendmail.mc file at you guys, but I tried to narrow it down the first > > time with out anything wrong found that could be causing AUTH not to be > > required. > > Check your /etc/mail/access file for RELAY entries. > > > I just found out to while writing this, that this file can't be > > found (/etc/mail/userdb.db) I decided to see if all the files that were > > specified below actually existed, and this one didnt. Could this be a > > problem or is this normal? > > It is no problem. > > [ snipped pretty default sendmail.mc file ] > > Alexander > This is the only error I get in my log, when I try to choose authentication option for smtp... Jul 24 15:36:34 jonstest sendmail[6450]: i6OJaR3j006450: [192.168.2.4] did not issue MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN during connection to MTA I am under the impression that it doesn't by default require authentication but that if you want a certain domain to require authentication you must specify the domain name in /etc/mail/relay-domains. After trying this I do not believe that was correct. As far as the whole password thing from the first email ignore it, my comments were irrelevant.
