[Dovecot] Postfix + Doveot SASL

[Timo Sirainen]

On 13.12.2006, at 20.26, Marco Nenciarini wrote:

> I've modified my postfix/dovecot configuration as is described on
> http://wiki.dovecot.org/PostfixAndDovecotSASL but when an user try to
> login it fails with the following log (debug_auth = on):
>
> Dec 12 15:07:53 lorien dovecot: auth(default): client in:  
> AUTH^I1^IPLAIN^Iservice=smtp^Iresp=<hidden>
> Dec 12 15:07:53 lorien dovecot: auth(default): passdb 
> (mnencia at prato.linux.it,master): Attempted master login with no  
> master passdbs
> Dec 12 15:07:55 lorien dovecot: auth(default): client out:  
> FAIL^I1^Iuser=mnencia at prato.linux.it
>
> The question is? Why i need a master login to use SASL?

You don't, the client is attempting such a login for some reason. To  
me it looks like a client configuration problem.
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