On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 08:32:36PM +0100,
Martyn Drake <martyn@???> is thought to have said:
> Every time I attempt to send out a message using SMTP AUTH via Outlook
> 2002, I receive an Authenticated Failed: 535 Incorrect Autentication
> Data alert. Having looked on Google for a possible solution, it appears
> that the reason for this to occur is that /etc/shadow isn't being
> consulted to confirm authentication.
>
> Is there a quick 'n' easy way of getting around this so that I can
> authenticate properly through /etc/shadow (as the system is running on
> shadow passwords).
This FAQ Q0037. In short, since Exim doesn't run as root by default, and
since Linux-PAM doesn't allow shadow access if it's not running as root,
you have a problem. You could probably run Exim as root as a workaround
but that's not recommended. Or you could possibly do something with an
alternate password db which is readable by exim and do your AUTH lookups
there.
Tabor
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Tabor J. Wells twells@???
Fsck It! Just another victim of the ambient morality
