Cyrus Imap -> cannot connect to saslauthd server - IMAP

Please help!

I'm trying to get Cyrus Imap 2.1.16 to use shadow for authentication
throught Cyrus sasl 2.1.15. When I try to connect to POP3 or IMAP, I get
the following message in /var/log/messages:

Nov 20 20:08:50 farstarnet pop3d[1975]: cannot connect to saslauthd
server: No such file or directory
Nov 20 20:08:50 farstarnet pop3d[1975]: badlogin:
CPE00e02939dd6e-CM0000390fcc62.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com[67.60.21.209]
plaintext jfbilodeau SASL(-1): generic failure: checkpass failed

Sasl seems to work fine authenticating users with Postfix & SMTP, but
will not work with IMAP. Sasl does have read access to shadow.

>cat imapd.conf
configdirectory: /var/imap
partition-default: /var/spool/imap
admins: root jfbilodeau
allowplaintext: yes
sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd
sendmail: /usr/sbin/sendmail


>cat cyrus.conf
# standard standalone server implementation

START {
# do not delete this entry!
recover cmd="ctl_cyrusdb -r"

# this is only necessary if using idled for IMAP IDLE
# idled cmd="idled"
}

# UNIX sockets start with a slash and are put into /var/imap/socket
SERVICES {
# add or remove based on preferences
imap cmd="imapd" listen="imap" prefork=0
imaps cmd="imapd -s" listen="imaps" prefork=0
pop3 cmd="pop3d" listen="pop3" prefork=0
pop3s cmd="pop3d -s" listen="pop3s" prefork=0
sieve cmd="timsieved" listen="sieve" prefork=0

# at least one LMTP is required for delivery
# lmtp cmd="lmtpd" listen="lmtp" prefork=0
lmtpunix cmd="lmtpd" listen="/var/imap/socket/lmtp" prefork=0

# this is only necessary if using notifications
# notify cmd="notifyd" listen="/var/imap/socket/notify"
proto="udp" prefork=1
}

EVENTS {
# this is required
checkpoint cmd="ctl_cyrusdb -c" period=30

# this is only necessary if using duplicate delivery suppression
delprune cmd="ctl_deliver -E 3" at=0400

# this is only necessary if caching TLS sessions
tlsprune cmd="tls_prune" at=0400
}



Thanks!

J-F Bilodeau