imapd not using saslauthd - IMAP

in comp.mail.imap i read:

>Now, the problem is that imapd doesn't seem to use at all saslauthd, and
>always try to access sasldb2 for its authentication despite the fact
>that imap.conf contains: sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd
>and no message in the log saying that communication with saslauthd is
>not possible.

UW IMAP does not use the Cyrus SASL libraries. If you use some other imapd
-- which seems likely, as UW wouldn't look in sasldb2 either -- you'll have
to be more explicit.

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those who know me have no need of my name wrote:
> in comp.mail.imap i read:
>
>
>>Now, the problem is that imapd doesn't seem to use at all saslauthd, and
>>always try to access sasldb2 for its authentication despite the fact
>>that imap.conf contains: sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd
>>and no message in the log saying that communication with saslauthd is
>>not possible.
>
>
> UW IMAP does not use the Cyrus SASL libraries. If you use some other imapd
> -- which seems likely, as UW wouldn't look in sasldb2 either -- you'll have
> to be more explicit.
>


Was using Cyrus IMAP and SASL. Found the problem. I was using ldap to
store the password using a SHA hash. As the password was not in clear
text it was not possible to use CRAM-MD5 or Digest-MD5, which was
requested by mozilla (as I checked the 'use secure autentication'), so
it seems that IMAP was using the 'next'/'fallback' method which involved
looking in sasldb2.

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Stephane