Re: [Exim] exim 4.34, smtp-auth and pam

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Author: Richard
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To: Exim Users
Subject: Re: [Exim] exim 4.34, smtp-auth and pam
* Bruce Richardson (itsbruce@???) wrote:
> On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 01:56:33PM +0100, Richard wrote:
> > So... having google'd forver, I resort to asking for help :)
>
> >From the Exim docs:
>
> "In some operating systems, PAM authentication can be done only from a
> process running as root. Since Exim is running as the Exim user when
> receiving messages, this means that PAM cannot be used directly in
> those systems. A patched version of the "pam_unix" module that comes
> with the Linux PAM package is available from
> http://www.e-admin.de/pam_exim/. The patched module allows one special
> uid/gid combination, in addition to root, to authenticate. If you build
> the patched module to allow the Exim user and group, PAM can then be
> used from an Exim authenticator."
>
> An alternative would be to use the Cyrus pwcheck daemon and the pwcheck
> condition. You can install Cyrus pwcheck on its own, with no need to
> add the rest of the suite.
>



Ok that sounds like it should work.
I did try sasl, with a similar problem. PAM just kept reporting auth error.

Lemmie try this mod'd pam

Cheers
Richard


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