On 19.11.2019 19.21, Andrej Rehak via dovecot wrote: > Hello > > Im having issues login to dovecot using imap through telnet. > > Im running |Linux 4.9.0-11-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.189-3+deb9u1 > (2019-09-20) x86_64 GNU/Linux| > > Im totally new to setting up mailservers. I havesetup a postfix for > SMTP and it can receive emails. Postfix version is |mail_version = 3.1.12| > > I have also installed Dovecot version:|2.2.27 (c0f36b0)| My > configuration is such that POSTFIX is configured to use DOVECOT SASL > through local socket. > > My system is configured to store emails > in |/var/mail/owndomain.org/<username>|. For each domain i have my own > passwd file where dovecot is supposed to lookup usernames and > passwords. |/var/mail/owndomain.org/passwd|. > > I have created |virtualuser| for accessing mails and authenticating > users. My dovecot (dovecot -n output) configuration is: > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > # 2.2.27 (c0f36b0): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # Pigeonhole version 0.4.16 (fed8554) > # OS: Linux 4.9.0-11-amd64 x86_64 Debian 9.11 > auth_debug = yes > auth_mechanisms = plain login > auth_verbose = yes > debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-debug.log > disable_plaintext_auth = no > info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-info.log > listen = 192.168.2.2 > log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log > mail_home = /var/mail/home/%d/%n > mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%d/%n > mail_privileged_group = virtualmail > namespace inbox { > inbox = yes > location = > mailbox Drafts { > special_use = \Drafts > } > mailbox Junk { > special_use = \Junk > } > mailbox Sent { > special_use = \Sent > } > mailbox "Sent Messages" { > special_use = \Sent > } > mailbox Trash { > special_use = \Trash > } > prefix = > } > passdb { > driver = pam > } >
Are you using PAM intentionally? You might want to drop this along with userdb with passwd as driver. the passwd-file one is ok. By dropping PAM you probably get quite nice speedup, too. But I tested your configuration locally here and it seems to work. At least with following passwd file: $ sudo cat /var/mail/owndomain.org/passwd username:{PLAIN}password::::: Aki