re: Postfix client SASL reports "No worthy mechs found" - proper saslfinger -c output

You wrote:

> Too bad. Now I can't tell if you are running
> Postfix chrooted...

Aaaarrrggghh, dammit ;) Ok, was trying to be clever and save people's bandwidth. Here is the complete output of saslfinger -c :

saslfinger - postfix Cyrus sasl configuration Sat Jun 4 12:16:17 BST 2005
version: 0.9.9.1
mode: client-side SMTP AUTH

-- basics --
Postfix: 2.2.3
System: Slackware 10.0.0

-- smtp is linked to --
libsasl2.so.2 => /opt/cyrus-sasl-2.1.20/lib/libsasl2.so.2 (0x40034000)

-- active SMTP AUTH and TLS parameters for smtp --
relayhost = post.btinternet.com
smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
smtp_sasl_security_options =


-- listing of /usr/lib/sasl2 --
total 2410
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1040 2004-11-23 00:01 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 208 2004-11-22 23:50 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 686 2004-11-22 23:50 libanonymous.la
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 89697 2004-11-22 23:50 libanonymous.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 89697 2004-11-22 23:50 libanonymous.so.2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 89697 2004-11-22 23:50 libanonymous.so.2.0.20
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 674 2004-11-22 23:50 libcrammd5.la
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 93081 2004-11-22 23:50 libcrammd5.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 93081 2004-11-22 23:50 libcrammd5.so.2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 93081 2004-11-22 23:50 libcrammd5.so.2.0.20
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 704 2004-11-22 23:50 libdigestmd5.la
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 140749 2004-11-22 23:50 libdigestmd5.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 140749 2004-11-22 23:50 libdigestmd5.so.2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 140749 2004-11-22 23:50 libdigestmd5.so.2.0.20
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 670 2004-11-22 23:50 liblogin.la
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 88801 2004-11-22 23:50 liblogin.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 88801 2004-11-22 23:50 liblogin.so.2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 88801 2004-11-22 23:50 liblogin.so.2.0.20
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 659 2004-11-22 23:50 libotp.la
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 156561 2004-11-22 23:50 libotp.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 156561 2004-11-22 23:50 libotp.so.2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 156561 2004-11-22 23:50 libotp.so.2.0.20
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 670 2004-11-22 23:50 libplain.la
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 89127 2004-11-22 23:50 libplain.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 89127 2004-11-22 23:50 libplain.so.2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 89127 2004-11-22 23:50 libplain.so.2.0.20
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 729 2004-11-22 23:50 libsasldb.la
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 142049 2004-11-22 23:50 libsasldb.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 142049 2004-11-22 23:50 libsasldb.so.2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 142049 2004-11-22 23:50 libsasldb.so.2.0.20
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49 2004-11-23 00:05 smtpd.conf

-- listing of /usr/local/lib/sasl2 --
total 2410
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1040 2004-11-23 00:01 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 208 2004-11-22 23:50 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 686 2004-11-22 23:50 libanonymous.la
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 89697 2004-11-22 23:50 libanonymous.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 89697 2004-11-22 23:50 libanonymous.so.2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 89697 2004-11-22 23:50 libanonymous.so.2.0.20
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 674 2004-11-22 23:50 libcrammd5.la
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 93081 2004-11-22 23:50 libcrammd5.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 93081 2004-11-22 23:50 libcrammd5.so.2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 93081 2004-11-22 23:50 libcrammd5.so.2.0.20
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 704 2004-11-22 23:50 libdigestmd5.la
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 140749 2004-11-22 23:50 libdigestmd5.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 140749 2004-11-22 23:50 libdigestmd5.so.2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 140749 2004-11-22 23:50 libdigestmd5.so.2.0.20
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 670 2004-11-22 23:50 liblogin.la
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 88801 2004-11-22 23:50 liblogin.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 88801 2004-11-22 23:50 liblogin.so.2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 88801 2004-11-22 23:50 liblogin.so.2.0.20
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 659 2004-11-22 23:50 libotp.la
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 156561 2004-11-22 23:50 libotp.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 156561 2004-11-22 23:50 libotp.so.2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 156561 2004-11-22 23:50 libotp.so.2.0.20
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 670 2004-11-22 23:50 libplain.la
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 89127 2004-11-22 23:50 libplain.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 89127 2004-11-22 23:50 libplain.so.2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 89127 2004-11-22 23:50 libplain.so.2.0.20
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 729 2004-11-22 23:50 libsasldb.la
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 142049 2004-11-22 23:50 libsasldb.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 142049 2004-11-22 23:50 libsasldb.so.2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 142049 2004-11-22 23:50 libsasldb.so.2.0.20
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49 2004-11-23 00:05 smtpd.conf


-- permissions for /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd --
-rw------- 1 root root 189 2005-05-31 22:53 /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd

-- permissions for /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd.db --
-rw------- 1 root root 12288 2005-05-31 22:53 /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd.db

/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd.db is up to date.

-- active services in /etc/postfix/master.cf --
# service type private unpriv chroot wakeup maxproc command + args
# (yes) (yes) (yes) (never) (100)
smtp inet n - n - - smtpd
pickup fifo n - n 60 1 pickup
cleanup unix n - n - 0 cleanup
qmgr fifo n - n 300 1 qmgr
rewrite unix - - n - - trivial-rewrite
bounce unix - - n - 0 bounce
defer unix - - n - 0 bounce
trace unix - - n - 0 bounce
verify unix - - n - 1 verify
flush unix n - n 1000? 0 flush
proxymap unix - - n - - proxymap
smtp unix - - n - - smtp
relay unix - - n - - smtp
showq unix n - n - - showq
error unix - - n - - error
local unix - n n - - local
virtual unix - n n - - virtual
lmtp unix - - n - - lmtp
anvil unix - - n - 1 anvil
maildrop unix - n n - - pipe
flags=DRhu user=vmail argv=/usr/local/bin/maildrop -d ${recipient}
old-cyrus unix - n n - - pipe
flags=R user=cyrus argv=/cyrus/bin/deliver -e -m ${extension} ${user}
cyrus unix - n n - - pipe
user=cyrus argv=/cyrus/bin/deliver -e -r ${sender} -m ${extension} ${user}
uucp unix - n n - - pipe
flags=Fqhu user=uucp argv=uux -r -n -z -a$sender - $nexthop!rmail ($recipient)
ifmail unix - n n - - pipe
flags=F user=ftn argv=/usr/lib/ifmail/ifmail -r $nexthop ($recipient)
bsmtp unix - n n - - pipe
flags=Fq. user=foo argv=/usr/local/sbin/bsmtp -f $sender $nexthop $recipient
dbmail-lmtp unix - - n - - lmtp
scache unix - - n - 1 scache
discard unix - - n - - discard
tlsmgr unix - - n 1000? 1 tlsmgr

-- mechanisms on [post.btinternet.com] --

That's the end of the output. The script paused for a couple of seconds after printing the last line but before returning control to the shell.

I've noticed that the above is showing me that smtp is linked to a libsasl2.so elsewhere on my system (in my /opt/cyrus-sasl-2.1.20 directory). I've looked in /opt/cyrus-sasl-2.1.20/lib/sasl2 and libplain.so and liblogin.so exist there too. I know it's messy but seeing as the files are all there it shouldn't matter.... should it?...

You wrote:

> Is there a Symlink from /usr/lib/sasl2
> to /usr/local/lib/sasl2? If not create it.

No, there wasn't. I created one before I ran the saslfinger -c that created the above output and, as you have seen, it made no difference to the result.

I haven't tried to be clever this time and decide what output is and isn't important. Hopefully all the requested information is now above. Does it shed any further light on what is happening here?

Thanks,

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Sean Kelly