[Dovecot] pop3s Authentication Issues, Continued

[James Bowling]

I may be tired or something but you are wanting it to query /etc/passwd, 
correct?  If so, then wouldn't the username just be kyrrin?  Well, I 
might be tired...anyway, shot in the dark...good night!

Bruce Lane wrote:
> Fellow Dovecot'ers.
>
> 	I tried something tonight that I should have done a while back: Turned on verbose logging in the authentication section. I'm still unable to get the mail client I'm experimenting with (Pegasus) to complete a pop3s connection, in that I still get an indication of a failed password.
>
> 	However, at least I'm a little closer to understanding the failure itself. Please note what came up in /var/log/maillog.
>
> Jul 13 22:41:25 featherweb dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH      1       PLAIN   service=POP3    secured lip=192.168.42.130      rip=192.168.42.40       resp=AGt5cnJpbgBocDIxZHZlbTc=
> Jul 13 22:41:25 featherweb dovecot: auth(default): cache(kyrrin at bluefeathertech.com,192.168.42.40): User unknown
> Jul 13 22:41:26 featherweb dovecot: auth(default): client out: FAIL     1       user=kyrrin at bluefeathertech.com
>
> 	More specifically: Take a good hard look at the end of the second line.
>
> 	Why in the Multiverse would the thing consider me an unknown user? Unless it's not really checking /etc/passwd at all...?
>
> 	Excerpt from dovecot.conf follows.
>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>
> auth default {
>   # Space separated list of wanted authentication mechanisms:
>   #   plain login digest-md5 cram-md5 ntlm rpa apop anonymous gssapi
>   mechanisms = plain login
>   passdb passwd {
>   }
>   userdb passwd {
>   }
>   socket listen {
>         client {
>         path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
>         mode = 0660
>         user = postfix
>         group = postfix
>   }
>  }
> }
>
>
> 	As a point of interest, SENDING mail via a secure connection (SMTP AUTH via STARTTLS) is working quite well.
>
> 	I'm beginning to think that the OpenSSL installation isn't authenticating properly...?
>
> 	Insights welcome. Thanks much.
>
>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy,
> Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com
> kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m
> "If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped with surreal ports?"
>
>   

-- 
James Bowling
<james at jamesbowling.com>