On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 6:29 PM, Joseph Tam <jtam.h...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I specified the following in my dovecot.conf.
>>
>>
>> passdb {
>> args = /var/mail/%d/users
>> driver = passwd-file
>> }
>>
>> Attempts to use the configuration result in an authentication failure.
>> Here's an entry from dovecot.log when the failure happens:
>>
>> Mar 31 16:04:12 imap-login: Info: Disconnected (auth failed, 1
>> attempts in 5 secs): user=<j...@foo.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1,
>> lip=127.0.1.1, secured, session=<n5/ajez1FgB/AAAB>
>
> Just to confirm, your <user> specified in the passdb corresponds to what
> is being authenticated (i.e. client is authenticating as "j...@foo.com",
> not "jeff")? Otherwise, you'll need to add domains to your passdb,
> or configure "username_format=%n"
Yes, I believe so:
$ sudo cat /var/mail/foo.com/users
# Generate passwords with:
# doveadm pw -s PLAIN -p <password>
# Real users
t...@foo.com:{PLAIN}some-password
j...@foo.com:{PLAIN}some-password
In case it matters, here are the Postfix settings (but they should not
apply since this is an IMAP exercise):
$ sudo cat /etc/postfix/mailboxes
# Real users
t...@foo.com foo.com/tad/
j...@foo.com foo.com/jeff/
Its compiled with `postmap`:
postmap /etc/postfix/mailboxes
And then specified in `main.cf` with:
virtual_mailbox_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/mailboxes
And my two domains are handled similarly in `domains`.
Jeff
