I have resolved this issue. First of all I had to move my smtpd.conf file to /usr/lib/sasl2/smtpd.conf Next I had a problem with my mysql server not expecting a pwassword from my email server All resolved now ... Thank you all for the suggestions Stven Lamb -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steven J Lamb Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 10:32 AM To: 'For users of Fedora Core releases' Subject: RE: Postfix sasl question I know I am probably just flustered cause I have a production email server with no authentication support running... But for some reason I cant get this one figured out. In my logs I see this line Messages: Jul 18 08:42:36 ws3 saslauthd[29665]: main : no authentication mechanism specified Jul 18 09:39:49 ws3 saslauthd[10416]: main : no authentication mechanism specified Jul 18 09:54:06 ws3 saslauthd[11345]: main : no authentication mechanism specified Jul 18 09:55:20 ws3 sasl2-shared-mechlist: sql_select option missing Jul 18 09:55:20 ws3 sasl2-shared-mechlist: auxpropfunc error no mechanism available Maillog Jul 18 09:57:56 ws3 postfix/smtpd[11409]: warning: SASL authentication failure: cannot connect to saslauthd server: No such file or directory Jul 18 10:00:57 ws3 postfix/smtpd[11666]: warning: SASL authentication failure: cannot connect to saslauthd server: No such file or directory Jul 18 10:07:52 ws3 postfix/smtpd[11997]: warning: SASL authentication failure: cannot connect to saslauthd server: No such file or directory Jul 18 10:13:17 ws3 postfix/smtpd[11669]: warning: SASL authentication failure: cannot connect to saslauthd server: No such file or directory I am a loss for what this is telling me ... Which probably makes sense since it is kinda telling me I don't have a path somewhere Any help would be much appreciated -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Howarth Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 9:18 AM To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Postfix sasl question Steven J Lamb wrote: > Another dumb question .... > > Now I have postfix looking at my sasl stuff correctly but I want it to do > plain login. Unfortunately saslauthd does not support those mech ... Can > someone point me in the direction of how to get the srpm for this or a > package that supports those mech Perhaps you need to install the cyrus-sasl-plain package? Paul. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/389 - Release Date: 7/14/2006 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/390 - Release Date: 7/17/2006