Re: [Dovecot] SASL plain authentication failed; unable to lookup user record

2009-12-09 Thread Raffael Schmid
Hi On Wed, 09.12.2009 @ 11:21:56AM, JP wrote: > when i attempt to use smtp auth from a mail client, postfix says > > SASL plain authentication failed > unable to lookup user record You did not send your master.cf from postfix, am I right? AFAIK smtpd is running in a chroot. For this, your confi

Re: [Dovecot] SASL plain authentication failed; unable to lookup user record

2009-12-09 Thread /dev/rob0
JP I'm sorry I offended you, but I really do not understand how you found condescension in my reply. I could explain some things, but I have better things to do. Please help me ensure that I never offend you again by adding me to your ignore list or killfile. Thank you. -- Offlist mail to th

Re: [Dovecot] SASL plain authentication failed; unable to lookup user record

2009-12-09 Thread Timo Sirainen
On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 11:21 -0800, JP wrote: > dovecot debug:yes and dovecot debug_passwords:yes and i do see debug > info in the logs when i authenticate via pop3. but i don't see any > debug info in the logs when doing smtp auth. i don't know if that's > another symptom, or if dovecot just d

Re: [Dovecot] SASL plain authentication failed; unable to lookup user record

2009-12-09 Thread Dave McGuire
On Dec 9, 2009, at 4:42 PM, JP wrote: thanks for the vague help and the condescending answers. at least you didn't insult my mom. gotta wonder if this is one of the reasons people don't like open source software. Who doesn't? Name one. (Bill Gates doesn't count) -Dave --

Re: [Dovecot] SASL plain authentication failed; unable to lookup user record

2009-12-09 Thread JP
/dev/rob0 wrote: On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 11:21:56AM -0800, JP wrote: i'll guess the solution to my problem will be something simple and obvious, I think so. and yet you haven't really provided any assistance for the problem at hand except some condescending answers for unrelated things and

Re: [Dovecot] SASL plain authentication failed; unable to lookup user record

2009-12-09 Thread /dev/rob0
On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 11:21:56AM -0800, JP wrote: > i'll guess the solution to my problem will be something simple and > obvious, I think so. [snip] > config stuff: > > # postconf -n > mail_owner = _postfix That strange non-default setting might be one of the problems. > queue_directory = /

[Dovecot] SASL plain authentication failed; unable to lookup user record

2009-12-09 Thread JP
i'll guess the solution to my problem will be something simple and obvious, because i know i ain't the first person to do this and it ain't all that complicated, but i've been staring at it for days and can't see what's wrong. new installation; os x snow leopard server; postfix 2.5.5; dovecot