On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Harmohan Bhamra wrote:
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> Hi
>
> I am trying to setup exim, to send and receive for a single tld domain on
> debian woody.
>
> I want users to authenticate to /etc/shadow over ssl if possible.
>
> The users are using Outlook or Outlook express or squirrelmail (web based
> mail)
>
> Currently I have installed exim-tls. However when the user tries to
> authenticate using Outlook express or Outlook, I get a :535 Incorrect
> authentication data
>
> Does someone have any instructions on how to get exim or exim-tls running
> with authentication. (so that users have to login/authenticate before they
> can send email).
Exim is careful to be as secure as possible, and not run with mmore
privilege than it needs; unfortunately this means that is doesn't have
permission to read the shadow password file, so the usual ssl
authentication fails.
http://www.e-admin.de/pam_exim/
is a PAM module which has enough privilege, and is willing to allows
check the password for exim.
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Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge
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