12.04 & 12.10 serverguide for configuring SASL is outdated
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ubuntu Server Guide |
Triaged
|
Undecided
|
Peter Matulis | ||
Trunk |
Triaged
|
Undecided
|
Peter Matulis |
Bug Description
The instructions in the "Configuring SASL" section of the Postfix page:
https:/
describes changes that need to be made to the Dovecot configuration file /etc/dovecot/
Specifically...
The documentation currently contains the paragraph "Next you will need to edit /etc/dovecot/
socket listen {
[...]
client {
# The client socket is generally safe to export to everyone. Typical use
# is to export it to your SMTP server so it can do SMTP AUTH lookups
# using it.
path = /var/spool/
mode = 0660
user = postfix
group = postfix
}
}
The configuration lines above do not appear in the /etc/dovecot/
In Ubuntu 12.04 the lines that need to be uncommented to configure SASL are found in the file /etc/dovecot/
# Postfix smtp-auth
#unix_listener /var/spool/
# mode = 0666
#}
Please note that the default path for the socket in the 10-master.conf file is "/var/spool/
https:/
tells users to run this command to tell Postfix where to find the SASL socket:
sudo postconf -e 'smtpd_sasl_path = private/
but running this command will tell Postfix to look for a socket at "/var/spool/
sudo postconf -e 'smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth'
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Using Ubuntu 12.04, dovecot-
Problem with documentation discovered when the upgrade from 10.04 LTS to 12.04 LTS broke my SASL configuration.
affects: | ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu) → serverguide |
summary: |
- 12.04 serverguide for configuring SASL is outdated + 12.04 & 12.10 serverguide for configuring SASL is outdated |
Changed in serverguide: | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
assignee: | nobody → Peter Matulis (petermatulis) |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.