Installing Cyrus SASL Server on FreeBSD

###Instalation using FreeBSD ports

Login as root then enter ports directory of Cyrus SASL and run following command.

# cd /usr/ports/security/cyrus-sasl2-saslauthd
# make config ; make install clean
# rehash

Create file smtpd.conf in directory /usr/local/lib/sasl2/.

# ee /usr/local/lib/sasl2/smtpd.conf

Then add following lines.

pwcheck_method: saslauthd
mech_list: plain login

Edit file rc.conf so that SASL Authentification server can start at boot time.

# ee /etc/rc.conf
saslauthd_enable="YES"
saslauthd_flags="-a pam"

if you want to use other authentication mechanism such as LDAP, use following flags.

saslauthd_flags="-a ldap"

Save and run the startup script.

# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/saslauthd start
# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/saslauthd status

If SASL Authentification server is running, the terminal will show output similar to this.

saslauthd is running as pid 1234.