Thanks, but could someone actually provide an example of how to do this. As I said, the documentation is detailed on how everything
works but not on how to configure it!
The PAM example for /etc/passwd would be good if someone has one?
Thanks,
James
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Suresh Ramasubramanian [mailto:linux@frodo.hserus.net]
> Sent: 10 October 2003 12:01
> To: James Cumming
> Cc: exim-users@???
> Subject: Re: [Exim] Passwd file authenticator
>
>
> James Cumming writes on 10/10/2003 3:23 PM:
>
> > I'm trying to configure exim 4.24 to force authentication
> from clients
> > such as Outlook using the passwd file on my server.
> Unfortunately, the
> > documentation is very detailed about everything except how
> to get it
> > working!
> >
> > I basically want it to fail to relay mail from that IP if the user
> > isn't authenticated correctly.
> >
> > Can someone provide me with an example for the exim.conf file
>
> Much easier to have a local copy of /etc/passwd (say in the exim
> directory - /etc/exim or wherever), chown'd to the exim uid/gid
> (mailnull:mail) - read from that.
>
> Or else you'd have to futz around with pam modules
> (e-admin.de/pam-exim
> or whatever).
>
> Alternatively, there's cyrus saslauthd that you can try (an
> update from
> the cyrus pwcheck patch that was being used earlier).
>
> Poke around ftp.exim.org for a config.samples tarball.
>
>
