Am 14.05.2011 22:13, schrieb David Mehler: > Hello, > I'm running dovecot 2.0.x on a centos 5.6 machine. This is a new > installation, I haven't even opened the firewall to it yet. I was > trying to telnet localhost 143 and 110 trying to authenticate a user. > I'm getting authentication failure in my maillog but no details. > Here's the one line I get in my maillog: > > May 14 15:33:42 ohio dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (auth failed, > 1 attempts): user=<u...@example.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, > lip=127.0.0.1, secured > > Here's a doveconf -n: > # 2.0.12: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # OS: Linux 2.6.38.3-linode32 i686 CentOS release 5.6 (Final) ext3 > auth_default_realm = domain.com > auth_mechanisms = plain login > base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ > disable_plaintext_auth = no > listen = * > mail_location = maildir:/var/spool/mail/vhosts/%d/%u > maildir_very_dirty_syncs = yes > mbox_write_locks = fcntl > passdb { > args = scheme=CRYPT username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users > driver = passwd-file > } > protocols = imap pop3 > service auth { > unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { > group = postfix > user = postfix > } > } > ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem > ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem > > Here's how I constructed my users file: > # > # Passwd-file for use with dovecot authentication > # Used in a virtual setup > # Username:{scheme}HashedPassword:UID:GID:: > user:{SSHA512}hbLu+pCmhmtyKEwyAs3wv3kvHD/ryr0MoXOAq3VdB7X/g8qIE/xE9BG+eI4jhFk9pTyiCltPCjZxv5/+yK1wll2LNcw= > :5000:5000:: > > My goal is to use this with a postfix virtual mailbox setup, the > postfix part is already in place. The mailbox base is > /var/spool/mail/vhosts and under that there's example.com which is the > domain and under that the various users one just called user for this > example. The Uid and Gid 5000 is the same one the postfix vmail user > is running as that's the user who handles the virtual mailbox domains. > > I'm suspecting my issue is in my users file or the definition of it in > passwd-file{ i've been over the wiki for 2.0.x dovecot, this was > definitely worth the upgrade by the way, and thus far have not found > an answer. > > I'd appreciate any help. > Thanks. > Dave.
i am definitive not familar with "file auth" but you can switch on more verbose debug logging in dovecot , this should help finding bug reasons http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Logging -- Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer Germany/Munich/Bavaria