Re: Query on gsasl(1) as server

[Simon Josefsson]

Brad Hards <address@hidden> writes:

> G'day,
>
> I'm having trouble seeing how to use gsasl as a server.
>
> I can successfully connect using gsasl(1) as a client to a local IMAP server. 
> However I can't manage to make gsasl work as a server over the network.
>
> $ gsasl --server --connect=localhost:8970
> Trying `localhost.localdomain'...
> gsasl: connect: Connection refused
> gsasl: socket: Connection refused
>
> Any suggestions? Is it even meant to work in the current release?

Hi.  Sorry, --server and --connect doesn't work together right now,
there is no code to call listen() and so on in the gsasl binary.  There
should probably be an error message clarifying the situation.

In case it helps, for testing GNU SASL in server mode, I use the GNU
MailUtils imapd server.

Patches to make gsasl --server work over the network are very welcome!

/Simon