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<sect1 id="cyrus-sasl" xreflabel="Cyrus SASL-&cyrus-sasl-version;">
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<title>Cyrus <acronym>SASL</acronym>-&cyrus-sasl-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="cyrus-sasl">
<primary sortas="a-Cyrus-SASL">Cyrus SASL</primary></indexterm>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Cyrus <acronym>SASL</acronym></application>
</title>

<para>The <application>Cyrus <acronym>SASL</acronym></application> package 
contains a Simple Authentication and Security Layer, a method for adding 
authentication support to connection-based protocols. To use 
<acronym>SASL</acronym>, a protocol includes a command for identifying and 
authenticating a user to a server and for optionally negotiating protection of 
subsequent protocol interactions. If its use is negotiated, a security layer 
is inserted between the protocol and the connection.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): 
<ulink url="&cyrus-sasl-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): 
<ulink url="&cyrus-sasl-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &cyrus-sasl-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &cyrus-sasl-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required: 
&cyrus-sasl-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time: 
&cyrus-sasl-time;</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>Cyrus <acronym>SASL</acronym></application> 
dependencies</title>

<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="openssl"/></para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="Linux_PAM"/>, 
<xref linkend="openldap"/>, 
<xref linkend="heimdal"/> or <xref linkend="mitkrb"/>, 
<xref linkend="j2sdk"/>, 
<xref linkend="mysql"/>, 
<xref linkend="postgresql"/>, 
<xref linkend="db"/>, 
<xref linkend="gdbm"/>, 
<xref linkend="courier"/>, 
<ulink url="http://www.pdc.kth.se/kth-krb/">krb4</ulink>, 
<ulink url="http://sqlite.org/">SQLite</ulink> and 
<ulink url="http://dmalloc.com/">Dmalloc</ulink></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Cyrus <acronym>SASL</acronym></application>
</title>

<para>Install <application>Cyrus <acronym>SASL</acronym></application> by 
running the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --with-dbpath=/var/lib/sasl/sasldb2 \
            --with-saslauthd=/var/run &amp;&amp;
make</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Now, as the root user:</para>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 saslauthd/saslauthd.mdoc \
    /usr/share/man/man8/saslauthd.8 &amp;&amp;
install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-&cyrus-sasl-version; &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 doc/{*.{html,txt,fig},ONEWS,TODO} \
    saslauthd/LDAP_SASLAUTHD /usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-&cyrus-sasl-version; &amp;&amp;
install -v -d -m700 /var/lib/sasl</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><parameter>--with-dbpath=/var/lib/sasl/sasldb2</parameter>: This 
parameter forces the <command>saslauthd</command> database to be created
in <filename class='directory'>/var/lib/sasl</filename> instead of 
<filename class='directory'>/etc</filename>.</para>

<para><parameter>--with-saslauthd=/var/run</parameter>: This parameter forces 
<command>saslauthd</command> to use the <acronym>FHS</acronym> compliant 
directory <filename class='directory'>/var/run</filename> for variable run-time 
data.</para>

<para><parameter>--with-ldap</parameter>: This parameter enables use
with <application>OpenLDAP</application>.</para>

<para><command>install -m644 ...</command>: These commands 
install documentation which is not installed by the 
<command>make install</command> command.</para>

<para><command>install -d -m700 /var/lib/sasl</command>: This directory must 
exist when starting <command>saslauthd</command>. If you're not going to be 
running the daemon, you may omit the creation of this directory.
</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>Cyrus 
<acronym>SASL</acronym></application></title>

<sect3 id="cyrus-sasl-config"><title>Config Files</title>
<para><filename>/etc/saslauthd.conf</filename> (for <acronym>LDAP</acronym> 
configuration) and <filename>/usr/lib/sasl2/Appname.conf</filename> (where 
"Appname" is the application defined name of the application)</para>
<indexterm zone="cyrus-sasl cyrus-sasl-config">
<primary sortas="e-etc-saslauthd.conf">/etc/saslauthd.conf</primary>
</indexterm>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
<para>See <ulink url="file:///usr/share/doc/sasl/sysadmin.html"/> for 
information on what to include in the application configuration files. See 
<ulink url="file:///usr/share/doc/sasl/LDAP_SASLAUTHD"/> for configuring 
<command>saslauthd</command> with <acronym>LDAP</acronym>.</para>
</sect3>

<sect3 id="cyrus-sasl-init"><title>Init Script</title>
<para>If you need to run the <command>saslauthd</command> daemon at system 
startup, install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/cyrus-sasl</filename>
init script included in the 
<xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>
<indexterm zone="cyrus-sasl cyrus-sasl-init">
<primary sortas="f-cyrus-sasl-init">cyrus-sasl</primary>
</indexterm>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install-cyrus-sasl</command></userinput></screen>

<note><para>You'll need to modify the init script and replace the 
<parameter><replaceable>[authmech]</replaceable></parameter> parameter to the 
<parameter>-a</parameter> switch with your desired authentication mechanism.
</para></note>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>saslauthd, sasldblistusers2 and saslpasswd2</seg>
<seg>libjavasasl.so, libsasl2.so and <acronym>SASL</acronym> plugins/Java 
classes</seg>
<seg>/usr/include/sasl, /usr/lib/java, /usr/lib/sasl2, 
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-&cyrus-sasl-version; and /var/lib/sasl</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>

<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>

<varlistentry id="saslauthd">
<term><command>saslauthd</command></term>
<listitem><para>is the <acronym>SASL</acronym> authentication server.</para>
<indexterm zone="cyrus-sasl saslauthd">
<primary sortas="b-saslauthd">saslauthd</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="sasldblistusers2">
<term><command>sasldblistusers2</command></term>
<listitem><para>is used to list the users in the <acronym>SASL</acronym> 
password database.</para>
<indexterm zone="cyrus-sasl sasldblistusers2">
<primary sortas="b-sasldblistusers2">sasldblistusers2</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="saslpasswd2">
<term><command>saslpasswd2</command></term>
<listitem><para>is used to set and delete a user's <acronym>SASL</acronym> 
password and mechanism specific secrets in the <acronym>SASL</acronym> 
password database.</para>
<indexterm zone="cyrus-sasl saslpasswd2">
<primary sortas="b-saslpasswd2">saslpasswd2</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="libsasl2">
<term><filename class='libraryfile'>libsasl2.so</filename></term>
<listitem><para>is a general purpose authentication library for server and 
client applications.</para>
<indexterm zone="cyrus-sasl libsasl2">
<primary sortas="c-libsasl2">libsasl2.so</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect2>

</sect1>