[Dovecot] I keep getting password mismatches

Mark markg852 at hotmail.com
Sun Feb 18 01:19:18 UTC 2007


i`m still not getting in.. i now have this error:Feb 17 23:48:42 School-Mail dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.rc15 starting upFeb 17 23:49:04 School-Mail dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH     1       PLAIN   service=IMAP    secured lip=127.0.0.1   rip=127.0.0.1   resp=AG1hcmsAbWFyaw==Feb 17 23:49:04 School-Mail dovecot: auth(default): pam(mark,127.0.0.1): pam_authenticate() failed: Authentication failureFeb 17 23:49:05 School-Mail dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: user=<mark>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, securedFeb 17 23:49:05 School-Mail dovecot: auth(default): client out: FAIL    1       user=markand just to be sure.. here is my dovecot.conf file:## Dovecot configuration file# If you're in a hurry, see http://wiki.dovecot.org/QuickConfiguration# '#' character and everything after it is treated as comments. Extra spaces# and tabs are ignored. If you want to use either of these explicitly, put the# value inside quotes, eg.: key = "# char and trailing whitespace  "# Default values are shown for each setting, it's not required to uncomment# any of the lines.# Base directory where to store runtime data.#base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/# Protocols we want to be serving: imap imaps pop3 pop3s# If you only want to use dovecot-auth, you can set this to "none".#protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3sprotocols = imap pop3# IP or host address where to listen in for connections. It's not currently# possible to specify multiple addresses. "*" listens in all IPv4 interfaces.# "[::]" listens in all IPv6 interfaces, but may also listen in all IPv4# interfaces depending on the operating system.## If you want to specify ports for each service, you will need to configure# these settings inside the protocol imap/pop3 { ... } section, so you can# specify different ports for IMAP/POP3. For example:#   protocol imap {#     listen = *:10143#     ssl_listen = *:10943#     ..#   }#   protocol pop3 {#     listen = *:10100#     ..#   }#listen = [::]listen =# Disable LOGIN command and all other plaintext authentications unless# SSL/TLS is used (LOGINDISABLED capability). Note that if the remote IP# matches the local IP (ie. you're connecting from the same computer), the# connection is considered secure and plaintext authentication is allowed.disable_plaintext_auth = no# Should all IMAP and POP3 processes be killed when Dovecot master process# shuts down. Setting this to "no" means that Dovecot can be upgraded without# forcing existing client connections to close (although that could also be# a problem if the upgrade is eg. because of a security fix). This however# means that after master process has died, the client processes can't write# to log files anymore.#shutdown_clients = yes#### Logging### Use this logfile instead of syslog(). /dev/stderr can be used if you want to# use stderr for logging (ONLY /dev/stderr - otherwise it is closed).#log_path =# For informational messages, use this logfile instead of the default#info_log_path =# Prefix for each line written to log file. % codes are in strftime(3)# format.#log_timestamp = "%b %d %H:%M:%S "# Syslog facility to use if you're logging to syslog. Usually if you don't# want to use "mail", you'll use local0..local7. Also other standard# facilities are supported.#syslog_facility = mail#### SSL settings### IP or host address where to listen in for SSL connections. Defaults# to above if not specified.#ssl_listen =ssl_listen =# Disable SSL/TLS support.#ssl_disable = no# PEM encoded X.509 SSL/TLS certificate and private key. They're opened before# dropping root privileges, so keep the key file unreadable by anyone but# root. Included doc/mkcert.sh can be used to easily generate self-signed# certificate, just make sure to update the domains in dovecot-openssl.cnf#ssl_cert_file = /etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem#ssl_key_file = /etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem# If key file is password protected, give the password here. Alternatively# give it when starting dovecot with -p parameter.#ssl_key_password =# File containing trusted SSL certificate authorities. Usually not needed.# The CAfile should contain the CA-certificate(s) followed by the matching# CRL(s). CRL checking is new in dovecot .rc1#ssl_ca_file =# Request client to send a certificate.#ssl_verify_client_cert = no# How often to regenerate the SSL parameters file. Generation is quite CPU# intensive operation. The value is in hours, 0 disables regeneration# entirely.#ssl_parameters_regenerate = 168# SSL ciphers to use#ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW# Show protocol level SSL errors.#verbose_ssl = no#### Login processes### Directory where authentication process places authentication UNIX sockets# which login needs to be able to connect to. The sockets are created when# running as root, so you don't have to worry about permissions. Note that# everything in this directory is deleted when Dovecot is started.#login_dir = /var/run/dovecot/login# chroot login process to the login_dir. Only reason not to do this is if you# wish to run the whole Dovecot without roots.# http://wiki.dovecot.org/Rootless#login_chroot = yes# User to use for the login process. Create a completely new user for this,# and don't use it anywhere else. The user must also belong to a group where# only it has access, it's used to control access for authentication process.# Note that this user is NOT used to access mails.# http://wiki.dovecot.org/UserIds#login_user = dovecot# Set max. process size in megabytes. If you don't use# login_process_per_connection you might need to grow this.#login_process_size = 32# Should each login be processed in it's own process (yes), or should one# login process be allowed to process multiple connections (no)? Yes is more# secure, espcially with SSL/TLS enabled. No is faster since there's no need# to create processes all the time.#login_process_per_connection = yes# Number of login processes to keep for listening new connections.#login_processes_count = 3# Maximum number of login processes to create. The listening process count# usually stays at login_processes_count, but when multiple users start logging# in at the same time more extra processes are created. To prevent fork-bombing# we check only once in a second if new processes should be created - if all# of them are used at the time, we double their amount until the limit set by# this setting is reached.#login_max_processes_count = 128# Maximum number of connections allowed per each login process. This setting# is used only if login_process_per_connection=no. Once the limit is reached,# the process notifies master so that it can create a new login process.# You should make sure that the process has at least# 16 + login_max_connections * 2 available file descriptors.#login_max_connections = 256# Greeting message for clients.#login_greeting = Dovecot ready.# Space-separated list of elements we want to log. The elements which have# a non-empty variable value are joined together to form a comma-separated# string.#login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l %c# Login log format. %$ contains login_log_format_elements string, %s contains# the data we want to log.#login_log_format = %$: %s#### Mailbox locations and namespaces### Location for users' mailboxes. This is the same as the old default_mail_env# setting. The default is empty, which means that Dovecot tries to find the# mailboxes automatically. This won't work if the user doesn't have any mail# yet, so you should explicitly tell Dovecot the full location.## If you're using mbox, giving a path to the INBOX file (eg. /var/mail/%u)# isn't enough. You'll also need to tell Dovecot where the other mailboxes are# and where Dovecot can place its index files. This is called the "root mail# directory", and it must be the first path given in the mail_location setting.## There are a few special variables you can use, eg.:##   %u - username#   %n - user part in user at domain, same as %u if there's no domain#   %d - domain part in user at domain, empty if there's no domain#   %h - home directory## See doc/variables.txt for full list. Some examples:##   mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir#   mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u#   mail_location = mbox:/var/mail/%d/%1n/%n:INDEX=/var/indexes/%d/%1n/%n## http://wiki.dovecot.org/MailLocation##mail_location =# If you need to set multiple mailbox locations or want to change default# namespace settings, you can do it by defining namespace sections:## You can have private, shared and public namespaces. The only difference# between them is how Dovecot announces them to client via NAMESPACE# extension. Shared namespaces are meant for user-owned mailboxes which are# shared to other users, while public namespaces are for more globally# accessible mailboxes.## REMEMBER: If you add any namespaces, the default namespace must be added# explicitly, ie. mail_location does nothing unless you have a namespace# without a location setting. Default namespace is simply done by having a# namespace with empty prefix.#namespace private {   # Hierarchy separator to use. You should use the same separator for all   # namespaces or some clients get confused. '/' is usually a good one.   # The default however depends on the underlying mail storage format.   #separator =   # Prefix required to access this namespace. This needs to be different for   # all namespaces. For example "Public/".   #prefix =   # Physical location of the mailbox. This is in same format as   # mail_location, which is also the default for it.   #location =   # There can be only one INBOX, and this setting defines which namespace   # has it.   #inbox = yes   # If namespace is hidden, it's not advertised to clients via NAMESPACE   # extension or shown in LIST replies. This is mostly useful when converting   # from another server with different namespaces which you want to depricate   # but still keep working. For example you can create hidden namespaces with   # prefixes "~/mail/", "~%u/mail/" and "mail/".   #hidden = yes#}# Grant access to these extra groups for mail processes. Typical use would be# to give "mail" group write access to /var/mail to be able to create dotlocks.#mail_extra_groups =# Allow full filesystem access to clients. There's no access checks other than# what the operating system does for the active UID/GID. It works with both# maildir and mboxes, allowing you to prefix mailboxes names with eg. /path/# or ~user/.#mail_full_filesystem_access = no#### Mail processes### Enable mail process debugging. This can help you figure out why Dovecot# isn't finding your mails.#mail_debug = no# Log prefix for mail processes. See doc/variables.txt for list of possible# variables you can use.#mail_log_prefix = "%Us(%u): "# Use mmap() instead of read() to read mail files. read() seems to be a bit# faster with my Linux/x86 and it's better with NFS, so that's the default.# Note that OpenBSD 3.3 and older don't work right with mail_read_mmaped = yes.#mail_read_mmaped = no# Don't use mmap() at all. This is required if you store indexes to shared# filesystems (NFS or clustered filesystem).#mmap_disable = no# Don't write() to mmaped files. This is required for some operating systems# which use separate caches for them, such as OpenBSD.#mmap_no_write = no# Locking method for index files. Alternatives are fcntl, flock and dotlock.# Dotlocking uses some tricks which may create more disk I/O than other locking# methods. NOTE: If you use NFS, remember to change also mmap_disable setting!#lock_method = fcntl# Drop all privileges before exec()ing the mail process. This is mostly# meant for debugging, otherwise you don't get core dumps. It could be a small# security risk if you use single UID for multiple users, as the users could# ptrace() each others processes then.#mail_drop_priv_before_exec = no# Show more verbose process titles (in ps). Currently shows user name and# IP address. Useful for seeing who are actually using the IMAP processes# (eg. shared mailboxes or if same uid is used for multiple accounts).#verbose_proctitle = no# Valid UID range for users, defaults to 500 and above. This is mostly# to make sure that users can't log in as daemons or other system users.# Note that denying root logins is hardcoded to dovecot binary and can't# be done even if first_valid_uid is set to 0.#first_valid_uid = 500#last_valid_uid = 0# Valid GID range for users, defaults to non-root/wheel. Users having# non-valid GID as primary group ID aren't allowed to log in. If user# belongs to supplementary groups with non-valid GIDs, those groups are# not set.#first_valid_gid = 1#last_valid_gid = 0# Maximum number of running mail processes. When this limit is reached,# new users aren't allowed to log in.#max_mail_processes = 1024# Set max. process size in megabytes. Most of the memory goes to mmap()ing# files, so it shouldn't harm much even if this limit is set pretty high.#mail_process_size = 256# Maximum allowed length for mail keyword name. It's only forced when trying# to create new keywords.#mail_max_keyword_length = 50# Default umask to use for mail files and directories.#umask = 0077# ':' separated list of directories under which chrooting is allowed for mail# processes (ie. /var/mail will allow chrooting to /var/mail/foo/bar too).# This setting doesn't affect login_chroot or auth_chroot variables.# WARNING: Never add directories here which local users can modify, that# may lead to root exploit. Usually this should be done only if you don't# allow shell access for users. See doc/configuration.txt for more information.#valid_chroot_dirs =# Default chroot directory for mail processes. This can be overridden for# specific users in user database by giving /./ in user's home directory# (eg. /home/./user chroots into /home). Note that usually there is no real# need to do chrooting, Dovecot doesn't allow users to access files outside# their mail directory anyway.#mail_chroot =#### Mailbox handling optimizations### Space-separated list of fields to initially save into cache file. Currently# these fields are allowed:##  flags, date.sent, date.received, size.virtual, size.physical#  mime.parts, imap.body, imap.bodystructure## Different IMAP clients work in different ways, so they benefit from# different cached fields. Some do not benefit from them at all. Caching more# than necessary generates useless disk I/O, so you don't want to do that# either.## Dovecot attempts to automatically figure out what client wants and it keeps# only that. However the first few times a mailbox is opened, Dovecot hasn't# yet figured out what client needs, so it may not perform optimally. If you# know what fields the majority of your clients need, it may be useful to set# these fields by hand. If client doesn't actually use them, Dovecot will# eventually drop them.## Usually you should just leave this field alone. The potential benefits are# typically unnoticeable.#mail_cache_fields =# Space-separated list of fields that Dovecot should never save to cache file.# Useful if you want to save disk space at the cost of more I/O when the fields# needed.#mail_never_cache_fields =# The minimum number of mails in a mailbox before updates are done to cache# file. This allows optimizing Dovecot's behavior to do less disk writes at# the cost of more disk reads.#mail_cache_min_mail_count = 0# When IDLE command is running, mailbox is checked once in a while to see if# there are any new mails or other changes. This setting defines the minimum# time to wait between those checks. Dovecot is however able to use dnotify# and inotify with Linux to reply immediately after the change occurs.#mailbox_idle_check_interval = 30# Save mails with CR+LF instead of plain LF. This makes sending those mails# take less CPU, especially with sendfile() syscall with Linux and FreeBSD.# But it also creates a bit more disk I/O which may just make it slower.# Also note that if other software reads the mboxes/maildirs, they may handle# the extra CRs wrong and cause problems.#mail_save_crlf = no#### Maildir-specific settings### By default LIST command returns all entries in maildir beginning with dot.# Enabling this option makes Dovecot return only entries which are directories.# This is done by stat()ing each entry, so it causes more disk I/O.# (For systems setting struct dirent->d_type, this check is free and it's# done always regardless of this setting)#maildir_stat_dirs = no# Copy mail to another folders using hard links. This is much faster than# actually copying the file. This is problematic only if something modifies# the mail in one folder but doesn't want it modified in the others. I don't# know any MUA which would modify mail files directly. IMAP protocol also# requires that the mails don't change, so it would be problematic in any case.# If you care about performance, enable it.#maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = no#### mbox-specific settings### Which locking methods to use for locking mbox. There are four available:#  dotlock: Create <mailbox>.lock file. This is the oldest and most NFS-safe#           solution. If you want to use /var/mail/ like directory, the users#           will need write access to that directory.#  fcntl  : Use this if possible. Works with NFS too if lockd is used.#  flock  : May not exist in all systems. Doesn't work with NFS.#  lockf  : May not exist in all systems. Doesn't work with NFS.## You can use multiple locking methods; if you do the order they're declared# in is important to avoid deadlocks if other MTAs/MUAs are using multiple# locking methods as well. Some operating systems don't allow using some of# them simultaneously.#mbox_read_locks = fcntl#mbox_write_locks = fcntl# Maximum time in seconds to wait for lock (all of them) before aborting.#mbox_lock_timeout = 300# If dotlock exists but the mailbox isn't modified in any way, override the# lock file after this many seconds.#mbox_dotlock_change_timeout = 120# When mbox changes unexpectedly we have to fully read it to find out what# changed. If the mbox is large this can take a long time. Since the change# is usually just a newly appended mail, it'd be faster to simply read the# new mails. If this setting is enabled, Dovecot does this but still safely# fallbacks to re-reading the whole mbox file whenever something in mbox isn't# how it's expected to be. The only real downside to this setting is that if# some other MUA changes message flags, Dovecot doesn't notice it immediately.# Note that a full sync is done with SELECT, EXAMINE, EXPUNGE and CHECK# commands.#mbox_dirty_syncs = yes# Like mbox_dirty_syncs, but don't do full syncs even with SELECT, EXAMINE,# EXPUNGE or CHECK commands. If this is set, mbox_dirty_syncs is ignored.#mbox_very_dirty_syncs = no# Delay writing mbox headers until doing a full write sync (EXPUNGE and CHECK# commands and when closing the mailbox). This is especially useful for POP3# where clients often delete all mails. The downside is that our changes# aren't immediately visible to other MUAs.#mbox_lazy_writes = yes# If mbox size is smaller than this (in kilobytes), don't write index files.# If an index file already exists it's still read, just not updated.#mbox_min_index_size = 0#### dbox-specific settings### Maximum dbox file size in kilobytes until it's rotated.#dbox_rotate_size = 2048# Minimum dbox file size in kilobytes before it's rotated# (overrides dbox_rotate_days)#dbox_rotate_min_size = 16# Maximum dbox file age in days until it's rotated. Day always begins from# midnight, so 1 = today, 2 = yesterday, etc. 0 = check disabled.#dbox_rotate_days = 0#### IMAP specific settings##protocol imap {  # Login executable location.  #login_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login  # IMAP executable location. Changing this allows you to execute other  # binaries before the imap process is executed.  #  # This would write rawlogs into ~/dovecot.rawlog/ directory:  #   mail_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/rawlog /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap  #  # This would attach gdb into the imap process and write backtraces into  # /tmp/gdbhelper.* files:  #   mail_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/gdbhelper /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap  #  #mail_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap  # Maximum IMAP command line length in bytes. Some clients generate very long  # command lines with huge mailboxes, so you may need to raise this if you get  # "Too long argument" or "IMAP command line too large" errors often.  #imap_max_line_length = 65536  # Support for dynamically loadable plugins. mail_plugins is a space separated  # list of plugins to load.  #mail_plugins =  #mail_plugin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot/imap  # Send IMAP capabilities in greeting message. This makes it unnecessary for  # clients to request it with CAPABILITY command, so it saves one round-trip.  # Many clients however don't understand it and ask the CAPABILITY anyway.  #login_greeting_capability = no  # Override the IMAP CAPABILITY response.  #imap_capability =  # Workarounds for various client bugs:  #   delay-newmail:  #     Send EXISTS/RECENT new mail notifications only when replying to NOOP  #     and CHECK commands. Some clients ignore them otherwise, for example  #     OSX Mail. Outlook Express breaks more badly though, without this it  #     may show user "Message no longer in server" errors. Note that OE6 still  #     breaks even with this workaround if synchronization is set to  #     "Headers Only".  #   outlook-idle:  #     Outlook and Outlook Express never abort IDLE command, so if no mail  #     arrives in half a hour, Dovecot closes the connection. This is still  #     fine, except Outlook doesn't connect back so you don't see if new mail  #     arrives.  #   netscape-eoh:  #     Netscape 4.x breaks if message headers don't end with the empty "end of  #     headers" line. Normally all messages have this, but setting this  #     workaround makes sure that Netscape never breaks by adding the line if  #     it doesn't exist. This is done only for FETCH BODY[HEADER.FIELDS..]  #     commands. Note that RFC says this shouldn't be done.  #   tb-extra-mailbox-sep:  #     With mbox storage a mailbox can contain either mails or submailboxes,  #     but not both. Thunderbird separates these two by forcing server to  #     accept '/' suffix in mailbox names in subscriptions list.  # The list is space-separated.  #imap_client_workarounds = outlook-idle}#### POP3 specific settings##protocol pop3 {  # Login executable location.  #login_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login  # POP3 executable location. See IMAP's mail_executable above for examples  # how this could be changed.  #mail_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3  # Don't try to set mails non-recent or seen with POP3 sessions. This is  # mostly intended to reduce disk I/O. With maildir it doesn't move files  # from new/ to cur/, with mbox it doesn't write Status-header.  #pop3_no_flag_updates = no  # Support LAST command which exists in old POP3 specs, but has been removed  # from new ones. Some clients still wish to use this though. Enabling this  # makes RSET command clear all \Seen flags from messages.  #pop3_enable_last = no  # If mail has X-UIDL header, use it as the mail's UIDL.  #pop3_reuse_xuidl = no  # Keep the mailbox locked for the entire POP3 session.  #pop3_lock_session = no  # POP3 UIDL format to use. You can use following variables:  #  #  %v - Mailbox UIDVALIDITY  #  %u - Mail UID  #  %m - MD5 sum of the mailbox headers in hex (mbox only)  #  %f - filename (maildir only)  #  # If you want UIDL compatibility with other POP3 servers, use:  #  UW's ipop3d         : %08Xv%08Xu  #  Courier version 0   : %f  #  Courier version 1   : %u  #  Courier version 2   : %v-%u  #  Cyrus (<= 2.1.3)    : %u  #  Cyrus (>= 2.1.4)    : %v.%u  #  Older Dovecots      : %v.%u  #  tpop3d              : %Mf  #  # Note that Outlook 2003 seems to have problems with %v.%u format which was  # Dovecot's default, so if you're building a new server it would be a good  # idea to change this. %08Xu%08Xv should be pretty fail-safe.  #  # NOTE: Nowadays this is required to be set explicitly, since the old  # default was bad but it couldn't be changed without breaking existing  # installations. %08Xu%08Xv will be the new default, so use it for new  # installations.  #  #pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv  # POP3 logout format string:  #  %t - number of TOP commands  #  %p - number of bytes sent to client as a result of TOP command  #  %r - number of RETR commands  #  %b - number of bytes sent to client as a result of RETR command  #  %d - number of deleted messages  #  %m - number of messages (before deletion)  #  %s - mailbox size in bytes (before deletion)  #pop3_logout_format = top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s  # Support for dynamically loadable plugins. mail_plugins is a space separated  # list of plugins to load.  #mail_plugins =  #mail_plugin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3  # Workarounds for various client bugs:  #   outlook-no-nuls:  #     Outlook and Outlook Express hang if mails contain NUL characters.  #     This setting replaces them with 0x80 character.  #   oe-ns-eoh:  #     Outlook Express and Netscape Mail breaks if end of headers-line is  #     missing. This option simply sends it if it's missing.  # The list is space-separated.  #pop3_client_workarounds =}#### LDA specific settings##protocol lda {  # Address to use when sending rejection mails.  postmaster_address = postmaster at example.com  # Hostname to use in various parts of sent mails, eg. in Message-Id.  # Default is the system's real hostname.  #hostname =  # Support for dynamically loadable plugins. mail_plugins is a space separated  # list of plugins to load.  #mail_plugins =  #mail_plugin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot/lda  # Binary to use for sending mails.  #sendmail_path = /usr/lib/sendmail  # UNIX socket path to master authentication server to find users.  #auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master}#### Authentication processes### Executable location#auth_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth# Set max. process size in megabytes.#auth_process_size = 256# Authentication cache size in kilobytes. 0 means it's disabled.# Note that bsdauth, PAM and vpopmail require cache_key to be set for caching# to be used. Also note that currently auth cache doesn't work very well if# you're using multiple passdbs with same usernames in them.#auth_cache_size = 0# Time to live in seconds for cached data. After this many seconds the cached# record is no longer used, *except* if the main database lookup returns# internal failure. We also try to handle password changes automatically: If# user's previous authentication was successful, but this one wasn't, the# cache isn't used. For now this works only with plaintext authentication.#auth_cache_ttl = 3600# Space separated list of realms for SASL authentication mechanisms that need# them. You can leave it empty if you don't want to support multiple realms.# Many clients simply use the first one listed here, so keep the default realm# first.#auth_realms =# Default realm/domain to use if none was specified. This is used for both# SASL realms and appending @domain to username in plaintext logins.#auth_default_realm =# List of allowed characters in username. If the user-given username contains# a character not listed in here, the login automatically fails. This is just# an extra check to make sure user can't exploit any potential quote escaping# vulnerabilities with SQL/LDAP databases. If you want to allow all characters,# set this value to empty.#auth_username_chars = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@# Username character translations before it's looked up from databases. The# value contains series of from -> to characters. For example "#@/@" means# that '#' and '/' characters are translated to '@'.#auth_username_translation =# Username formatting before it's looked up from databases. You can use# the standard variables here, eg. %Lu would lowercase the username, %n would# drop away the domain if it was given, or "%n-AT-%d" would change the '@' into# "-AT-". This translation is done after auth_username_translation changes.#auth_username_format =# If you want to allow master users to log in by specifying the master# username within the normal username string (ie. not using SASL mechanism's# support for it), you can specify the separator character here. The format# is then <username><separator><master username>. UW-IMAP uses "*" as the# separator, so that could be a good choice.#auth_master_user_separator =# Username to use for users logging in with ANONYMOUS SASL mechanism#auth_anonymous_username = anonymous# More verbose logging. Useful for figuring out why authentication isn't# working.auth_verbose = yes# Even more verbose logging for debugging purposes. Shows for example SQL# queries.auth_debug = yes# In case of password mismatches, log the passwords and used scheme so the# problem can be debugged. Requires auth_debug=yes to be set.auth_debug_passwords = yes# Maximum number of dovecot-auth worker processes. They're used to execute# blocking passdb and userdb queries (eg. MySQL and PAM). They're# automatically created and destroyed as needed.#auth_worker_max_count = 30# Kerberos keytab to use for the GSSAPI mechanism. Will use the system# default (usually /etc/krb5.keytab) if not specified.#auth_krb5_keytab =auth default {  # Space separated list of wanted authentication mechanisms:  #   plain login digest-md5 cram-md5 ntlm rpa apop anonymous gssapi  mechanisms = plain  #  # Password database is used to verify user's password (and nothing more).  # You can have multiple passdbs and userdbs. This is useful if you want to  # allow both system users (/etc/passwd) and virtual users to login without  # duplicating the system users into virtual database.  #  # http://wiki.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase  #  # By adding master=yes setting inside a passdb you make the passdb a list  # of "master users", who can log in as anyone else. Unless you're using PAM,  # you probably still want the destination user to be looked up from passdb  # that it really exists. This can be done by adding pass=yes setting to the  # master passdb.  #  # http://wiki.dovecot.org/MasterPassword  # Users can be temporarily disabled by adding a passdb with deny=yes.  # If the user is found from that database, authentication will fail.  # The deny passdb should always be specified before others, so it gets  # checked first. Here's an example:  #passdb passwd-file {    # File contains a list of usernames, one per line    #args = /etc/dovecot.deny    #deny = yes  #}  # PAM authentication. Preferred nowadays by most systems.  # Note that PAM can only be used to verify if user's password is correct,  # so it can't be used as userdb. If you don't want to use a separate user  # database (passwd usually), you can use static userdb.  # REMEMBER: You'll need /etc/pam.d/dovecot file created for PAM  # authentication to actually work.  # http://wiki.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase/PAMpassdb pam {  # use /etc/pam.d/imap and /etc/pam.d/pop3  args = *}  # /etc/passwd or similar, using getpwnam()  # In many systems nowadays this uses Name Service Switch, which is  # configured in /etc/nsswitch.conf.  # http://wiki.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/Passwd  #passdb passwd {  #}  # /etc/shadow or similiar, using getspnam(). Deprecated by PAM nowadays.  # http://wiki.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase/Shadow  #passdb shadow {  #}  # PAM-like authentication for OpenBSD.  # http://wiki.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase/BSDAuth  #passdb bsdauth {    # [cache_key=<key>] - See cache_key in PAM for explanation.    #args =  #}  # passwd-like file with specified location  # http://wiki.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/PasswdFile  #passdb passwd-file {    # Path for passwd-file    #args =  #}  # checkpassword executable authentication  # NOTE: You will probably want to use "userdb prefetch" with this.  # http://wiki.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase/CheckPassword  #passdb checkpassword {    # Path for checkpassword binary    #args =  #}  # SQL database  # http://wiki.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/SQL  #passdb sql {    # Path for SQL configuration file, see doc/dovecot-sql.conf for example    #args =  #}  # LDAP database  # http://wiki.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/LDAP  #passdb ldap {    # Path for LDAP configuration file, see doc/dovecot-ldap.conf for example    #args =  #}  # vpopmail authentication  # http://wiki.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/VPopMail  #passdb vpopmail {    # [cache_key=<key>] - See cache_key in PAM for explanation.    #args =  #}  #  # User database specifies where mails are located and what user/group IDs  # own them. For single-UID configuration use "static".  #  # http://wiki.dovecot.org/UserDatabase  #  # /etc/passwd or similar, using getpwnam()  # In many systems nowadays this uses Name Service Switch, which is  # configured in /etc/nsswitch.conf. WARNING: nss_ldap is known to be broken  # with Dovecot. Don't use it, or users might log in as each others!  # http://wiki.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/Passwd  userdb passwd {  }  # passwd-like file with specified location  # http://wiki.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/PasswdFile  #userdb passwd-file {    # Path for passwd-file    #args =  #}  # static settings generated from template  # http://wiki.dovecot.org/UserDatabase/Static  #userdb static {    # Template for the fields. Can return anything a userdb could normally    # return. For example:    #    #  args = uid=500 gid=500 home=/var/mail/%u    #    #args =  #}  # SQL database  # http://wiki.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/SQL  #userdb sql {    # Path for SQL configuration file, see doc/dovecot-sql.conf for example    #args =  #}  # LDAP database  # http://wiki.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/LDAP  #userdb ldap {    # Path for LDAP configuration file, see doc/dovecot-ldap.conf for example    #args =  #}  # vpopmail  # http://wiki.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/VPopMail  #userdb vpopmail {  #}  # "prefetch" user database means that the passdb already provided the  # needed information and there's no need to do a separate userdb lookup.  # This can be made to work with SQL and LDAP databases, see their example  # configuration files for more information how to do it.  # http://wiki.dovecot.org/UserDatabase/Prefetch  #userdb prefetch {  #}  # User to use for the process. This user needs access to only user and  # password databases, nothing else. Only shadow and pam authentication  # requires roots, so use something else if possible. Note that passwd  # That user is specified by userdb above.  user = root  # Directory where to chroot the process. Most authentication backends don't  # work if this is set, and there's no point chrooting if auth_user is root.  # Note that valid_chroot_dirs isn't needed to use this setting.  #chroot =  # Number of authentication processes to create  #count = 1  # Require a valid SSL client certificate or the authentication fails.  #ssl_require_client_cert = no  # Take the username from client's SSL certificate, using  # X509_NAME_get_text_by_NID() which returns the subject's DN's  # CommonName.  #ssl_username_from_cert = no  # It's possible to export the authentication interface to other programs:  #socket listen {    #master {      # Master socket is typically used to give Dovecot's local delivery      # agent access to userdb so it can find mailbox locations. It can      # however also be used to disturb regular user authentications.      # WARNING: Giving untrusted users access to master socket may be a      # security risk, don't give too wide permissions to it!      #path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master      #mode = 0600      # Default user/group is the one who started dovecot-auth (root)      #user =      #group =    #}    #client {      # The client socket is generally safe to export to everyone. Typical use      # is to export it to your SMTP server so it can do SMTP AUTH lookups      # using it.      #path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client      #mode = 0660    #}  #}}# If you wish to use another authentication server than dovecot-auth, you can# use connect sockets. They assumed to be already running, Dovecot's master# process only tries to connect to them. They don't need any other settings# than the path for the master socket, as the configuration is done elsewhere.# Note that the client sockets must exist in the login_dir.#auth external {#  socket connect {#    master {#      path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master#    }#  }#}#### Dictionary server settings### Dictionary can be used by some plugins to store key=value lists.# Currently this is only used by dict quota backend. The dictionary can be# used either directly or though a dictionary server. The following dict block# maps dictionary names to URIs when the server is used. These can then be# referenced using URIs in format "proxy:<name>".dict {  #quota = mysql:/etc/dovecot-dict-quota.conf}#### Plugin settings##plugin {  # Here you can give some extra environment variables to mail processes.  # This is mostly meant for passing parameters to plugins. %variable  # expansion is done for all values.  # Quota plugin. Multiple backends are supported:  #   dirsize: Find and sum all the files found from mail directory  #   dict: Keep quota stored in dictionary (eg. SQL)  #   maildir: Maildir++ quota  #   fs: Read-only support for filesystem quota  #quota = maildir  # ACL plugin. vfile backend reads ACLs from "dovecot-acl" file from maildir  # directory. You can also optionally give a global ACL directory path where  # ACLs are applied to all users' mailboxes. The global ACL directory contains  # one file for each mailbox, eg. INBOX or sub.mailbox.  #acl = vfile:/etc/dovecot-acls  # Convert plugin. If set, specifies the source storage path which is  # converted to destination storage (mail_location).  #convert_mail = mbox:%h/mail  # Trash plugin. When saving a message would make user go over quota, this  # plugin automatically deletes the oldest mails from configured mailboxes  # until the message can be saved within quota limits. The configuration file  # is a text file where each line is in format: <priority> <mailbox name>  # Mails are first deleted in lowest -> highest priority number order  #trash = /etc/dovecot-trash.conf}----------------and that is my dovecot.conf that comes with my dovecot installation automatically when i type: yum install dovecotif anyone is willing to share his dovecot.conf file.. ?? (a working one ofcause ;))Thanx.Mark.
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