I forgot to change the subject originally... With auth_debug = yes
/var/log/maillog:
Jan 20 11:23:35 flacpmail dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.rc15 starting up
Jan 20 11:23:47 flacpmail dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH
1 PLAIN service=IMAP secured lip=::ffff:128.8.244.161
rip=::ffff:128.8.244.15
Jan 20 11:23:47 flacpmail dovecot: auth(default): client out: CONT 1
Jan 20 11:23:47 flacpmail dovecot: auth(default): client in: CONT<hidden>
Jan 20 11:23:47 flacpmail dovecot: auth(default):
pam(test,::ffff:128.8.244.15): pam_authenticate() failed: Authentication
failure
Jan 20 11:23:48 flacpmail dovecot: auth(default): client out: FAIL
1 user=test
Jan 20 11:23:48 flacpmail dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH
2 PLAIN service=IMAP secured lip=::ffff:128.8.244.161
rip=::ffff:128.8.244.15 resp=<hidden>
Jan 20 11:23:48 flacpmail dovecot: auth(default):
pam(test,::ffff:128.8.244.15): pam_authenticate() failed: Authentication
failure
Jan 20 11:23:50 flacpmail dovecot: auth(default): client out: FAIL
2 user=test
Jan 20 11:23:53 flacpmail dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login:
user=<test>, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:128.8.244.15,
lip=::ffff:128.8.244.161, TLS
/var/log/audit/audit.log:
type=USER_AUTH msg=audit(1200848003.207:195): user pid=29718 uid=0
auid=0 subj=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 msg='PAM: authentication
acct=test : exe="/usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth"
(hostname=::ffff:128.8.244.15, addr=::ffff:128.8.244.15,
terminal=dovecot res=failed)'
type=USER_AUTH msg=audit(1200848005.099:196): user pid=29719 uid=0
auid=0 subj=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 msg='PAM: authentication
acct=test : exe="/usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth"
(hostname=::ffff:128.8.244.15, addr=::ffff:128.8.244.15,
terminal=dovecot res=failed)'
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Sean Smitz
System Administrator
Fujitsu Laboratories of America
8400 Baltimore Ave, Suite 302
College Park, MD 20740
(301) 486-0298 (Desk)
Timo Sirainen wrote:
On Sat, 2008-01-19 at 11:08 -0500, Sean Smitz wrote:
I'm trying to configure PAM authentication and I'm having some issues.
I'm using RHEL 5 and included below are excerpts from my relevant
configuration and log files:
*/var/log/maillog*
Jan 19 10:55:39 flacpmail dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login:
user=<test>, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:128.8.244.15,
lip=::ffff:128.8.244.161, TLS
Set auth_debug=yes. It might show something more useful. But if the
problem is with PAM, you'll need to look at its log files
(/var/log/authlog or something).
