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Author: Daniel Bird
Date:  
To: Piotr Galecki
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Problem with netscape 4.x 6.x and 7.x autentication

Piotr Galecki wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I have installed exim 4.24 and saslauthd 2.1.15
>saslauthd is started with pam options
>./saslauthd -a pam -n10
>
>exim configured with authentication:
>
>######################################################################
>#                   AUTHENTICATION CONFIGURATION                     #
>######################################################################

>
># There are no authenticator specifications in this default configuration file.
>
>begin authenticators
>
>plain:
> driver = plaintext
> public_name = PLAIN
> server_condition = ${if saslauthd{{$1}{$3}{smtp}}{1}{0}}
> server_set_id = $2
>
>login:
> driver = plaintext
> public_name = LOGIN
> server_prompts = "Username:: : Password::"
> server_condition = ${if saslauthd{{$1}{$2}{smtp}}{1}{0}}
> server_set_id = $1
>
>
>When I send mail from Outlook or Mozilla authentication works fine
>When I send mail from Netscape clients (all version) authentication doesn't work
>properly. In exim_rejectlog I found:
>
>2003-11-24 18:37:18 plain authenticator failed for test.wpk.p.lodz.pl
>(posejdon.wpk.p.lodz.pl) [212.191.76.7]: 535 Incorrect authentication data
>(set_id=test)
>
>and in log:
>Nov 24 18:37:18 posejdon saslauthd[22810]: [ID 285309 auth.error] do_request      : NULL login received

>
>Please send me an information how I can correct this problem.
>

I think the problem is NS4-7 needs server prompts in the PLAIN driver

try

plain:
driver = plaintext
public_name = PLAIN
server_prompts = :
server_condition = ${if saslauthd{{$1}{$3}{smtp}}{1}{0}}
server_set_id = $2


Dan

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