here's my AUTHENTICATION CONFIGURATION:
begin authenticators
plain:
driver = plaintext
public_name = PLAIN
server_condition = "${if pam{$2:$3}{yes}{no}}"
server_set_id = $2
server_prompts = :
# End of Exim configuration file
The problem is that exim can't authentificate user using Linux PAM
module, from /var/log/messages
...
Jan 24 22:37:28 bobik exim(pam_unix)[2537]: authentication failure;
logname= uid=8 euid=8 tty= ruser= rhost= user=myuser
...
and from /var/log/exim/main.log
...
2003-01-24 22:46:59 Authentication failed for myuser.myserver.ru
(myserver.ru) [192.168.128.55]: 535 Incorrect authentication data
(set_id=myuser)
...
Exim itself generates this (exim -bd -d9)
...
Running PAM authentication for user "myuser"
PAM error: Authentication failure
login authenticator:
$1 =
$2 = myuser
$3 = mypassword
...
Exim is setuid root on exim and has this /etc/pam.d/exim file:
#%PAM-1.0
auth required /lib/security/pam_listfile.so item=user
sense=deny file=/etc/security/blacklist onerr=succeed
auth required /lib/security/pam_listfile.so item=user
sense=deny file=/etc/security/blacklist.exim onerr=succeed
auth required /lib/security/pam_unix.so
auth required /lib/security/pam_tally.so
file=/var/log/faillog onerr=succeed no_magic_root
auth required /lib/security/pam_nologin.so
account required /lib/security/pam_tally.so deny=0
file=/var/log/faillog onerr=succeed no_magic_root
account required /lib/security/pam_unix.so
session required /lib/security/pam_unix.so
