[Dovecot] Dovecot PAM problem

[Sean Smitz]

I forgot to change the subject originally... With auth_debug = yes

/var/log/maillog:
Jan 20 11:23:35 flacpmail dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.rc15 starting up
Jan 20 11:23:47 flacpmail dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH       
1       PLAIN   service=IMAP    secured lip=::ffff:128.8.244.161        
rip=::ffff:128.8.244.15
Jan 20 11:23:47 flacpmail dovecot: auth(default): client out: CONT      1
Jan 20 11:23:47 flacpmail dovecot: auth(default): client in: CONT<hidden>
Jan 20 11:23:47 flacpmail dovecot: auth(default): 
pam(test,::ffff:128.8.244.15): pam_authenticate() failed: Authentication 
failure
Jan 20 11:23:48 flacpmail dovecot: auth(default): client out: FAIL      
1       user=test
Jan 20 11:23:48 flacpmail dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH       
2       PLAIN   service=IMAP    secured lip=::ffff:128.8.244.161        
rip=::ffff:128.8.244.15 resp=<hidden>
Jan 20 11:23:48 flacpmail dovecot: auth(default): 
pam(test,::ffff:128.8.244.15): pam_authenticate() failed: Authentication 
failure
Jan 20 11:23:50 flacpmail dovecot: auth(default): client out: FAIL      
2       user=test
Jan 20 11:23:53 flacpmail dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login: 
user=<test>, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:128.8.244.15, 
lip=::ffff:128.8.244.161, TLS

/var/log/audit/audit.log:
type=USER_AUTH msg=audit(1200848003.207:195): user pid=29718 uid=0 
auid=0 subj=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 msg='PAM: authentication 
acct=test : exe="/usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth" 
(hostname=::ffff:128.8.244.15, addr=::ffff:128.8.244.15, 
terminal=dovecot res=failed)'
type=USER_AUTH msg=audit(1200848005.099:196): user pid=29719 uid=0 
auid=0 subj=root:system_r:dovecot_auth_t:s0 msg='PAM: authentication 
acct=test : exe="/usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth" 
(hostname=::ffff:128.8.244.15, addr=::ffff:128.8.244.15, 
terminal=dovecot res=failed)'


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Sean Smitz
System Administrator
Fujitsu Laboratories of America
8400 Baltimore Ave, Suite 302
College Park, MD 20740
(301) 486-0298 (Desk)



Timo Sirainen wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-01-19 at 11:08 -0500, Sean Smitz wrote:
>   
>> I'm trying to configure PAM authentication and I'm having some issues. 
>> I'm using RHEL 5 and  included below are excerpts from my relevant 
>> configuration and log files:
>>
>> */var/log/maillog*
>> Jan 19 10:55:39 flacpmail dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login: 
>> user=<test>, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:128.8.244.15, 
>> lip=::ffff:128.8.244.161, TLS
>>     
>
> Set auth_debug=yes. It might show something more useful. But if the
> problem is with PAM, you'll need to look at its log files
> (/var/log/authlog or something).
>
>