[Dovecot] pam mysql authentication

Andrew Hutchings info at a-wing.co.uk
Sat Jun 4 20:53:23 EEST 2005


radus at smartpost.ro wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I am trying to use pam to authenticate dovecot again a mysql database.
> In /etc/pam.d/dovecot i have:
> auth     optional       pam_mysql.so host=localhost db=maildb user=mailro \
>          passwd=xxx table=users usercolumn=address passwdcolumn=passwd \
>          where="disabled is NULL and deleted = ''" crypt=1
> account  required       pam_mysql.so host=localhost db=maildb user=mailro \
>          passwd=xxx table=users usercolumn=address passwdcolumn=passwd \
>          where="disabled is NULL and deleted = ''" crypt=1
> 
> I have the same file for smtp and it works ok.
> 
> However when i try to log in dovecot i get:
> Jun  4 05:02:21 tx07 dovecot-auth: Unknown option: is
> Jun  4 05:02:21 tx07 dovecot-auth: Unknown option: NULL
> Jun  4 05:02:21 tx07 dovecot-auth: Unknown option: and
> Jun  4 05:02:21 tx07 dovecot-auth: Unknown option: deleted
> Jun  4 05:02:21 tx07 dovecot-auth: Unknown option: =
> Jun  4 05:02:21 tx07 dovecot-auth: Unknown option: ''"
> Jun  4 05:02:21 tx07 dovecot-auth: You have an error in your SQL syntax. 
> Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the
> right syntax to use near '"disabled)' at line 1
> 
> I am running dovecot 0.99.14
> 
> Thanks,
> Radu
> 
> 

Hi Radu,

Why not try using dovecot's built in MySQL auth?  You can build full SQL 
  queries in that.

Regards
Andrew

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