Can't Get Email to Send --- SASL Error
When I look in the logs I get this…
Apr 26 12:43:51 li436-38 postfix/smtpd[14950]: connect from localhost[127.0.0.1]
Apr 26 12:43:51 li436-38 postfix/smtpd[14950]: warning: SASL: Connect to private/auth failed: No such file or directory
Apr 26 12:43:51 li436-38 postfix/smtpd[14950]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms
Apr 26 12:43:52 li436-38 postfix/master[12096]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 14950 exit status 1
Apr 26 12:43:52 li436-38 postfix/master[12096]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup – throttling
Apr 26 12:43:52 li436-38 sendmail[14948]: q3QChpF6014948: to=
Apr 26 12:51:03 li436-38 sendmail[14968]: q3QCp3IB014968: from=root, size=325, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<
Apr 26 12:51:03 li436-38 postfix/smtpd[14970]: connect from localhost[127.0.0.1]
Apr 26 12:51:03 li436-38 postfix/smtpd[14970]: warning: SASL: Connect to private/auth failed: Permission denied
Apr 26 12:51:03 li436-38 postfix/smtpd[14970]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms
Apr 26 12:51:04 li436-38 postfix/master[12096]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 14970 exit status 1
Apr 26 12:51:04 li436-38 postfix/master[12096]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup – throttling
Apr 26 12:51:04 li436-38 sendmail[14968]: q3QCp3IB014968: to=
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Apr 26 12:43:51 li436-38 postfix/smtpd[14950]: warning: SASL: Connect to private/auth failed: No such file or directory
Apr 26 12:43:51 li436-38 postfix/smtpd[14950]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms
This is telling you that Postfix is not able to contact Dovecot
A friend of mine that is a RedHat engineer helped me straighten it out.
thanks for the quick replay,
Dan