Re: [Exim] PAM

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Author: Jason Robertson
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To: Philip Hazel, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] PAM
Actually yet another problem I noticed, is that Outlook 2000, after some
patches will do authentication improperly. Though I don't know which patch
it was.

But Outlook 2000 out of the box will work, and once one of the patches was
installed (I forget), it would cease to authenticate properly, though it does
attempt to do so.

On 19 Mar 2001, at 9:37, Philip Hazel wrote:

Date sent:          Mon, 19 Mar 2001 09:37:08 +0000 (GMT)
From:               Philip Hazel <ph10@???>
To:                 Pawel Wilk <siewca@???>
Copies to:          exim-users@???
Subject:            Re: [Exim] PAM


> On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, Pawel Wilk wrote:
>
> > ///////////////// I've enabled PAM authenticator:
>
> Presumably you are running a version of Exim with PAM support included.
>
> > (btw it seems exim even doesn't try to talk to PAM)
>
> Well, it does say "Running PAM authentication". The very next line in
> the source is a call to pam_start(). The text "Authentication failure"
> is the text passed back by the PAM library.
>
> Is this the usual problem of PAM requiring a root caller? Exim is not
> running as root when receiving a message.
>
> > ///////////////// EXTENDED LOG:
> >
> > mar 17 03:30:37 xxxxx exim: SMTP<< AUTH LOGIN
> > mar 17 03:30:37 xxxxx exim:
> > mar 17 03:30:37 xxxxx exim:
> > mar 17 03:30:37 xxxxx exim: Running PAM authentication for user "my_user" mar
> > 17 03:30:37 xxxxx exim: PAM error: Authentication failure mar 17 03:30:37
> > xxxxx exim: login authenticator: mar 17 03:30:37 xxxxx exim:   $1 = my_user
> > mar 17 03:30:37 xxxxx exim:   $2 = *********** mar 17 03:30:37 xxxxx exim:
> > expanded string: 0 mar 17 03:30:37 xxxxx exim: mar 17 03:30:37 xxxxx exim:
> > LOG: 0 MAIN REJECT mar 17 03:30:37 xxxxx exim:   Authentication failed for
> > gw-int1
> >                               (SIEFCA) [x.x.x.x]: 535 Incorrect
> >                               authentication data
> > Mar 17 03:30:37 xxxxx exim[31558]: 2001-03-17 03:30:37 Authentication
> >                                    failed for xxxxx (SIEFCA) [x.x.x.x]: 
> >                                    535 Incorrect authentication data

>
> -- 
> Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
> ph10@???      Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.

>
>
>




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