On 03/08/2017 07:09 PM, Mark Weaver wrote: > On 03/08/2017 06:42 PM, Paul Heinlein wrote: > > On Wed, 8 Mar 2017, Mark Weaver wrote: > > > > > On 03/08/2017 11:00 AM, Paul Heinlein wrote: > > >> On Wed, 8 Mar 2017, Mark Weaver wrote: > > >> > > >> > Hello all, > > >> > > > >> > I've been googling my brains out since yesterday looking for > > >> > up-to-date information on this matter, and have found > > >> > information that is anywhere from 15 to 5 years old. I'd really > > >> > like some information that much more up to date on the subject. > > >> > Specifically configuring Sendmail SMTP authentication (_no smart > > >> > host stuff_). > > >> > > >> I wrote this article years ago: > > >> > > >> https://www.madboa.com/geek/sendmail-auth/ > > >> > > >> The configuration outlined there is essentially unchanged today. I > > >> have it running on a CentOS 7 machine with sendmail 8.14. > > >> > > >> The only real change is the SOCKETDIR setting in > > >> /etc/sysconfig/saslauthd, which is now /run/saslauthd (rather than > > >> /var/run/saslauthd). And, of course, I use systemctl rather > > >> thachkconfig to control boot-time behavior. > > > > > > Hi Paul, > > > > > > I followed your guide to the letter, however I think it seems I > > > missed something. When I test with telnet to port 25 this is the > > > result: > > > > > >> telnet merlin 25 > > > Trying 10.10.3.6... > > > Connected to merlin.ciss.local. > > > Escape character is '^]'. > > > 220 mdw1982.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.14.7/8.13.8; Wed, 8 Mar 2017 > > 16:53:31 -0500 > > > ehlo merlin > > > 250-mdw1982.com Hello [10.10.3.102], pleased to meet you > > > 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES > > > 250-PIPELINING > > > 250-8BITMIME > > > 250-SIZE > > > 250-DSN > > > 250-ETRN > > > 250-DELIVERBY > > > 250 HELP > > >> auth login > > > 504 5.3.3 AUTH mechanism login not available > > > > > > thoughts? > > > > Many. :-) > > > > Check your mail log for clues. > > > > Ensure you have a valid SSL certificate and key. Sendmail is touchy > > about permissions on the key file. Try googling for > > confDONT_BLAME_SENDMAIL and GroupReadableKeyFile. > > > > Make sure saslauthd is configured and running. > > > > Compile your .mc (m4) file with the macros distributed with the > > version of sendmail you're actually running. This line suggests you're > > not: > > > > mdw1982.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.14.7/8.13.8 > > > > That's a first stab at things to try. > > > I fixed the version mis-match by installing sendmail-cf package and > recompiling sendmail.mc. saslauthd is running and conigured according to > your specs. So, I'm not sure what's missing. Still googling around and found some things that appear to be missing from the sendmail config, but when I test saslauthd it doesn't appear to be working. testsaslauthd -u username -p mypassword 0: NO "authentication failed" >