SMTP AUTH HELP!!!!

[joelim]

i'v install smtp auth rpm from 'rpmfind.net'.
after i installed, i couldn't find the user data base. in /usr/src/sasl/......

any ideas?
what are the proper steps for the SMTP auth. how can i create a simple user database. so all user will login to my smtp with common login and password. how??? please guys, give me some ideassssssssssss. thank you.~

[PLBlaze]

Well not sure about the rpm bussiness but the sasl database file should reside in /etc directory and it's named sasldb...of course you need to create with sasl tools, mainly saslpasswd utility eg. saslpasswd -u yourdomain.com -c yourusername will prompt you to type the passwd twice for specified realm and user.

You could simply try to just give it -c flag to create but most likely you'll need to supply the realm name, after that it will create the proper db file with the auth info in /etc/sasldb.You might get a warning the first time but can simply ignore it.To check the db file and it's users use sasldblistusers utility.Hope this helps.

[joelim]

thanks for replied. anyway, i have four server here, and decided to make one of them mainly act as a SMTP server. so i'm going to create a common login and password for all the domains users in my four servers. so, which authenciation method is adviceable?
and i dont' see any sasldb in /etc folder. but i found many files in /usr/lib/sasl. eg. libanonymous.ls, libdigestmd5.ls.....etc what do they means? anonymous access file and digestmd5 access file?
any simplest way to creat or install sasl cyrus? thanks for your advice . thanks sir!

[PLBlaze]

joelim i replied to your email...

Well if there's no /etc/sasldb and saslpasswd utility that means cyrus-sasl is not installed yet you got the auth plugins and no they are no files they're libraries with various authentication schemes, for use with pwcheck,passwd,shadow,pam,sasldb.There's no simple way to isntall it but it can be done.Try the links that i sent you in the email,hopefully you'll be able to get it going.Hope this helps again.