[Dovecot] Dovecot 1.0a4 + pam + winbind ?

[Michele Baldessari]

* Stephen Lee (splee at plexio.com) wrote:
> Nov  3 20:09:45 server2 dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH
>      1      PLAIN    service=POP3    lip=192.168.0.3
> rip=192.168.0.227       resp=AHZjXGpvYW5uZQBqb2FubmU=
> Nov  3 20:09:45 server2 dovecot: auth(default):
> plain(domain\user1,192.168.0.227): Username contains disallowed
> characters
> Nov  3 20:09:46 server2 dovecot: auth(default): client out:
> FAIL     1      user=domain\user1
> Nov  3 20:09:46 server2 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected:
> user=<domain\user1>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.0.227,
> lip=192.168.0.3
> 
> Dovecot does not like the "\" character and I'm note sure
> authentication gets past that step to get to the pam phase.
> 
> Any experiences and suggestions with Dovecot authentication
> against Windows Active Directory?

Going for the obvious ( http://wiki.dovecot.org/moin.cgi/MainConfig),
but try adding '\' to the auth_username_chars directive.

hth,
Michele
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