Re: [Dovecot] Authentication problem - or is it?
On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 19:45 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > userdb /etc/passwd { > } userdb passwd { } signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [Dovecot] Authentication problem - or is it?
On Wednesday 08 Aug 2007, you wrote: > On Wednesday 08 Aug 2007, you wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 21:19 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > On Wednesday 08 Aug 2007, you wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 19:45 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > > dovecot: Aug 08 18:50:11 Error: IMAP(anne): Ambiguous mail location > > > > > setting, don't know what to do with it: /home/anne/Maildir (try > > > > > prefixing it with mbox: or maildir:) > > > > > > > > .. > > > > > > > > > I tried adding maildir:, but it made no difference. > > > > > > > > That should fix it. Did you forget to restart Dovecot? Or did you > > > > check if the error message had changed? > > > > > > You're right, of course - I had forgotten to restart. However, now I > > > have > > > > > > telnet localhost 143 > > > Trying 127.0.0.1... > > > telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused > > > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused > > > > That means Dovecot didn't start. It most likely wrote an error message > > to logs. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] program]# service dovecot status > dovecot dead but subsys locked > > Hmm - > > dovecot: Aug 08 21:15:47 Warning: Killed with signal 15 > dovecot: Aug 08 21:15:51 Error: Auth process died too early - shutting down > dovecot: Aug 08 21:15:51 Error: auth(default): Unknown userdb > driver '/etc/passwd' (typo, or Dovecot was built without support for it? > Check with dovecot --build-options) > dovecot: Aug 08 21:15:51 Error: child 30279 (auth) returned error 89 > > It's 10pm here, and I've wrestled with this most of the day. I'll be back > to it in the morning, but I'm really tired now, and the brain is seizing > up. :-) Any help you can give, I'll follow it up and report back. Thanks > OK - I did the check, which returned dovecot --build-options Build options: ioloop=poll notify=inotify ipv6 openssl SQL drivers: mysql Passdb: checkpassword pam passwd passwd-file shadow sql Userdb: checkpassword passwd prefetch passwd-file sql static so it has to be my config file. I'll try again to read up on this, but I'll be glad of any help available. Anne pgpPTrikbt8kD.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [Dovecot] Authentication problem - or is it?
On Wednesday 08 Aug 2007, you wrote: > On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 21:19 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Wednesday 08 Aug 2007, you wrote: > > > On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 19:45 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > dovecot: Aug 08 18:50:11 Error: IMAP(anne): Ambiguous mail location > > > > setting, don't know what to do with it: /home/anne/Maildir (try > > > > prefixing it with mbox: or maildir:) > > > > > > .. > > > > > > > I tried adding maildir:, but it made no difference. > > > > > > That should fix it. Did you forget to restart Dovecot? Or did you check > > > if the error message had changed? > > > > You're right, of course - I had forgotten to restart. However, now I > > have > > > > telnet localhost 143 > > Trying 127.0.0.1... > > telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused > > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused > > That means Dovecot didn't start. It most likely wrote an error message > to logs. [EMAIL PROTECTED] program]# service dovecot status dovecot dead but subsys locked Hmm - dovecot: Aug 08 21:15:47 Warning: Killed with signal 15 dovecot: Aug 08 21:15:51 Error: Auth process died too early - shutting down dovecot: Aug 08 21:15:51 Error: auth(default): Unknown userdb driver '/etc/passwd' (typo, or Dovecot was built without support for it? Check with dovecot --build-options) dovecot: Aug 08 21:15:51 Error: child 30279 (auth) returned error 89 It's 10pm here, and I've wrestled with this most of the day. I'll be back to it in the morning, but I'm really tired now, and the brain is seizing up. :-) Any help you can give, I'll follow it up and report back. Thanks Anne pgpdGb1F6y2Bu.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [Dovecot] Authentication problem - or is it?
On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 19:45 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > dovecot: Aug 08 18:50:11 Error: IMAP(anne): Ambiguous mail location setting, > don't know what to do with it: /home/anne/Maildir (try prefixing it with > mbox: or maildir:) .. > I tried adding maildir:, but it made no difference. That should fix it. Did you forget to restart Dovecot? Or did you check if the error message had changed? signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [Dovecot] Authentication problem - or is it?
On Wednesday 08 Aug 2007, Charles Marcus wrote: > Hi Anne, > > Doubt if you're going to get much help with what little info you > provided... > I didn't want to send reams that may be irrelevant, as I'm unsure where to start looking. If it's not authentication, I haven't a clue. > Exact version? > dovecot-1.0.rc26-1.1mdv2007.1 > Dovecot -n output? > dovecot -n # /etc/dovecot.conf base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ log_path: /var/log/mail/mail info_log_path: /var/log/mail/mail.info protocols: imap ssl_disable: yes disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login mail_extra_groups: mail mail_location: ~/Maildir/ maildir_copy_with_hardlinks: yes auth default: passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: /etc/passwd > Pertinent logs? dovecot: Aug 08 18:50:11 Error: IMAP(anne): Ambiguous mail location setting, don't know what to do with it: /home/anne/Maildir (try prefixing it with mbox: or maildir:) dovecot: Aug 08 18:50:11 Error: IMAP(anne): Failed to create storage with data: /home/anne/Maildir dovecot: Aug 08 18:50:11 Error: child 25910 (imap) returned error 89 I tried adding maildir:, but it made no difference. Here is my dovecot.conf with all the comment lines stripped out: base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ protocols = imap disable_plaintext_auth = no log_path = /var/log/mail/mail info_log_path = /var/log/mail/mail.info ssl_disable = yes login_dir = /var/run/dovecot/login login_user = dovecot mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir/ mail_extra_groups = mail maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = yes protocol imap { login_executable = /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login } protocol pop3 { } protocol lda { postmaster_address = [EMAIL PROTECTED] } auth_executable = /usr/lib/dovecot/dovecot-auth auth default { mechanisms = plain passdb pam { } userdb /etc/passwd { } Anne pgpGp32DghNfY.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [Dovecot] Authentication problem - or is it?
Hi Anne, Doubt if you're going to get much help with what little info you provided... Exact version? Dovecot -n output? Pertinent logs? -- Best regards, Charles
[Dovecot] Authentication problem - or is it?
My old server ran v.0.99, and this is the first time I've tried to get v.1 running. When I try to test it with telnet I see telnet localhost 143 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to david.lydgate.lan (127.0.0.1). Escape character is '^]'. * OK Dovecot ready. x login anne xx x OK Logged in. Connection closed by foreign host. I assumed it was an authentication problem (I want to use /etc/passwd as the authentication file) but it does say that I managed to log in. If so, what could be causing it to close immediately? Anne pgpujs46BSLZX.pgp Description: PGP signature