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/usr/bin/saslauthd

Cyrus Simple Authentication Service Layer (SASL) compiled for heimdal

From cyrus-sasl-heimdal 2.1.28-r58 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running saslauthd --help (exit 0). permalink

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/usr/bin/saslauthd: invalid option -- '-'
usage: saslauthd [options]

option information:
  -a <authmech>  Selects the authentication mechanism to use.
  -c             Enable credential caching.
  -d             Debugging (don't detach from tty, implies -V)
  -r             Combine the realm with the login before passing to authentication mechanism
                 Ex. login: "foo" realm: "bar" will get passed as login: "foo@bar"
                 The realm name is passed untouched.
  -O <option>    Optional argument to pass to the authentication
                 mechanism.
  -l             Disable accept() locking. Increases performance, but
                 may not be compatible with some operating systems.
  -m <path>      Alternate path for the saslauthd working directory,
                 must be absolute.
  -n <procs>     Number of worker processes to create.
  -s <kilobytes> Size of the credential cache (in kilobytes)
  -t <seconds>   Timeout for items in the credential cache (in seconds)
  -v             Display version information and available mechs
  -V             Enable verbose logging
  -h             Display this message.

saslauthd 2.1.28
authentication mechanisms: sasldb getpwent kerberos5 rimap shadow httpform
Options (15)
OptionDescriptionSource
-a authmechUse authmech as the authentication mechanism.help + man
-cEnable caching of authentication credentialshelp + man
-dDebugging (don't detach from tty, implies -V)help + man
-rCombine the realm with the login before passing to authentication mechanism Ex.help + man
-O optionA mechanism specific option (e.g. rimap hostname or config file path)help + man
-lDisable the use of a lock file for controlling access to accept().help + man
-m pathUse path as the pathname to the named socket to listen on for connection requests.help + man
-n procsUse threads processes for responding to authentication queries.help + man
-t secondsUse timeout as the expiration time of the authentication cache (in seconds)help + man
-vPrint the version number and available authentication mechanisms on standard error, then exit.help + man
-VEnable verbose logginghelp
-hShow usage informationhelp + man
-H hostnameThe remote host to be contacted by the rimap authentication mechanism. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
-s sizeUse size as the table size of the hash table (in kilobytes) (in the manual page but not in --help)man
-THonour time-of-day login restrictions. (in the manual page but not in --help)man

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