Re: [exim] Authentication returns code 435 instead of 535

Hi,

Sounds like you have two auth methodes and methode2 is only used when methode1 fails.

This happens i.e. if mysql and pam are used together.


Best regards,
Marius

Am December 29, 2020 4:11:23 PM UTC schrieb Yves Goergen via Exim-users <exim-users@???>:
>Strange, then why does authentication work fine with correct data? It's
>
>only the incorrect data (decided by a separate server which is
>contacted
>by my PAM module) that causes a temporary error code in Exim instead of
>
>a permanent. I don't understand the rest of the message Exim writes, I
>have no idea where it all comes from. Do I need to know that?
>
>-Yves
>
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>Betreff: [exim] Authentication returns code 435 instead of 535
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>On 29/12/2020 00:05, Yves Goergen via Exim-users wrote:
>I see a lot of lines like this in the mainlog:
>
>2020-12-27 20:04:00 login authenticator failed for (USER)
>[199.192.16.253]: 435 Unable to authenticate at present
>(set_id=scanner@???): Permission denied
>
>So it returns the temporary code 435 instead of the permanent code 535.
>
>Why's that? I'm using the suggested config from the Exim manual. Should
>
>there be a "fail" or "false" somewhere in the expansion?
>
>Depending on your OS, you may have a permissions issue. Note the last
>para.
>in the docs for the pam expansion condition, and also
>

>     http://wiki.wlug.org.nz/EximSmtpAuth

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