passwd mismatch

[Edgar Pettijohn]

On 05/18/16 17:07, Mike Ponto wrote:
> I have been trying to follow the "instructions" at 
> "http://blog.iandreev.com/?p=1975#dovecot" and they seem to be pretty 
> good.  everything works until I get to the part were I test the 
> dovecot installation and it keeps failing.
> I get an AUTH fail error at the "telnet localhost 110" login commands
>
> I am trying to setup 3 domains:
> domain1.us
> domain2.com
> domain3.com
> I have 4 users entered in the /etc/dovecot/users file
> I followed the instructions for creating an encrypted password but 
> don't think it is correct and I don't have the knowledge to say why.  
> Just doesn't feel right.
>
> I admit I am over my head and the learning curve just got exponential 
> - any help at all would be really appreciated.
>
>
> System:
> QEMU/KVM vitrual install
> Centos 7.01
> basic install
> 4096 G Ram
> 4 proc
> 120 G HD
>
> unit is behind an IPCop firewall with port forwarding.
> internal IP 192.168.1.155
> external IP on request
>
> have username in /etc/dovecot/users as such:
> mynamehere at mydomainhere.us:
>
> Turned on debuggin and log file shows:
> May 18 16:45:02 auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=5639)
> May 18 16:45:16 auth: Debug: client in: AUTH    1    PLAIN 
> service=pop3    secured 
> session=2pP4xSQzzgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB        lip=::1 rip=::1 
> lport=110    rport=33742     $
> May 18 16:45:16 auth: Debug: 
> passwd-file(mynamehere at mydomainhere.us,::1,<2pP4xSQzzgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>): 
> lookup: user=mynamehere at mydomainhere.us file=/etc/dovecot/users
> May 18 16:45:16 auth: Info: 
> passwd-file(mynamehere at mydomainhere.us,::1,<2pP4xSQzzgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>): 
> Password mismatch
> May 18 16:45:18 auth: Debug: client passdb out: FAIL    1 
> user=mynameherel at mydomainhere.us
> May 18 16:45:20 pop3-login: Info: Aborted login (auth failed, 1 
> attempts in 4 secs): user=<mynamehere at mydomain.us>, method=PLAIN, 
> rip=::1, lip=::1, secured, session=<2pP4xSQzzgAAAAAA$
doveconf -n would have been helpful

man doveadm-pw

then edit your passdb { scheme = SHA512-CRYPT }
telnet is user-error prone.  try mutt -f 
imap://user@example.com@mail.example.com