[Dovecot] Re: dual auth with real users and virtual users

Erick Perez eaperezh at gmail.com
Mon Oct 24 18:02:03 EEST 2005


any information about this? anyone?


 On 10/21/05, Erick Perez <eaperezh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi, im using 0.99 stable in RPM form,
>  Im using this for postfix+dovecot+real unix users, now i tried to enable
> virtual support with this:
>  protocols = imap pop3
> ssl_disable = yes
> log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log
> info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot.info
> login_user = dovecot
> mail_extra_groups = mail
> auth = default
> auth_mechanisms = plain
>  auth_passdb = pam
> auth_userdb = passwd
>  auth_userdb = passwd-file /etc/vhosts/userdb
> auth_passdb = passwd-file /etc/vhosts/passwd
>  what should be the format of auth_userdb and auth_passdb ?
>

 The above configuration works for local users but is not working for
> virtual users, it produces the error:
> dovecot-auth: Oct 21 00:19:14 Info: PAM: pam_authenticate(erickperez)
> failed: Authentication failure
>  obviously the user erickperez exists in /etc/vhosts/userdb so PAM will
> fail.
>  Im using 0.99 release.
> Thanks,
>
> --
>
> -------------------------------------------
> Erick Perez
> Linux User 376588
> http://counter.li.org/ (Get counted!!!)
> Panama, Republic of Panama
>



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Erick Perez
Linux User 376588
http://counter.li.org/ (Get counted!!!)
Panama, Republic of Panama
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