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Date:      Thu, 07 Jul 2005 10:23:36 -0500
From:      Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>
To:        "M. Goodell" <freebsdutah@yahoo.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: imap-uw / squirrellmail / mysql / postfix / postfixadmin question
Message-ID:  <56CD547C4976D1542F74E67B@utd59514.utdallas.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20050707031837.52528.qmail@web32403.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References:  <20050707031837.52528.qmail@web32403.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

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--On Wednesday, July 06, 2005 20:18:37 -0700 "M. Goodell" 
<freebsdutah@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have successfully installed: imap-uw / squirrellmail / mysql / postfix
> / PostfixAdmin and have setup postfix virtual domain capability. Postfix
> accepts mail for virtual hosts / accounts that I configured with
> PostfixAdmin very well. Watching the mail log the mail arrives and is
> delivered to the /usr/local/virtual/ directory with no problems at all.
> However, the problem I have having is I cannot get SquirrellMail /
> imap-uw to access the mailboxes I have setup for any of the virtual
> domains / accounts. It keeps giving me a login error like the user does
> not exist. I am able to use SquirrellMail to get mail for "real" system
> accounts with ease.
> I think I need to somehow get imap-uw / squirrellmail  to recognize the
> virtual domains & accounts but I am not sure how to do it.
> Can anyone shed some light on the problem ?
>
The accounts have to exist somewhere.  The system accounts exist in 
/etc/passwd.  Where do the virtual accounts exist?  Are you using 
cyrus-sasl?

Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/



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