[Dovecot] Problem of using dovecot as sasl implement for postfix

[mouss]

sosogh wrote:
> Hi list
>
> I install postfix dovecot on my debian etch box
> I install them via apt-get
>
> I want to use dovecot to be postfix sasl implement,but i got the following error message
> in the mail log:
>
> Apr 27 21:28:39 sosogh postfix/smtpd[19776]: warning: SASL: Connect to private/auth failed: No such file or directory
> Apr 27 21:28:39 sosogh postfix/smtpd[19776]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms
> Apr 27 21:28:40 sosogh postfix/master[19765]: warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd pid 19776 exit status 1
>
>
> my configuration:
>
> [snip]
> Mail:/etc/dovecot# more dovecot.conf
> protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3s
> auth_debug = yes
> auth_verbose = yes
> log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log
> disable_plaintext_auth = no
> auth default {
>         mechanisms = plain login
>         user = postfix
>         passdb sql {
>                 args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
>         }
>         user = root
>         socket listen {
>                 client {
>                         path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
>                         mode = 0660
>                         user = postfix
>                         group = postfix
>                 }
>         }
>
> }
>
> I wonder why private/auth does not exsit
>     

did you start dovecot?