[Dovecot] alternate passwd/shadow

[Jorg B.]

Here is the log file...

Nov 11 15:18:53 webmail dovecot: auth(default): client in: 
AUTH^I1^IPLAIN^Iservice=imap^Isecured^Ilip=127.0.0.1^Irip=127.0.0.1^Ilport=143^Irport=48632^Iresp=AGRvd250b3duAHNvbW1lciEh
Nov 11 15:18:53 webmail dovecot: auth(default): 
shadow(downtown,127.0.0.1): lookup
Nov 11 15:18:53 webmail dovecot: auth(default): 
shadow(downtown,127.0.0.1): unknown user
Nov 11 15:18:53 webmail dovecot: auth(default): new auth connection: 
pid=3529
Nov 11 15:18:55 webmail dovecot: auth(default): client out: 
FAIL^I1^Iuser=downtown
Nov 11 15:18:55 webmail dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (auth failed, 
1 attempts): user=<downtown>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, 
lip=127.0.0.1, secured

My /etc/dovecot/shadow  and /etc/dovecot/password file does include the 
user "downtown".
The passwd/shadow files are standard password/shadow combo (DES 
encrypted passwords) found on Slackware Linux 12.1 .

Shadow file:
downtown:hljljdkjgdkjgdklk:14194:0:99999:7:::

Password file:
downtown:x:1000:100:Peter Pan,,,:/home/downtown:/bin/bash

Any more ideas?

Thanks
Jorg B.


> On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 13:33 -0800, Jorg B. wrote:
>   
>> I'm using an alternate password/shadow combo to authenticate IMAP users
>> and I can't seen to get it working...
>>
>> I'm using:
>>
>> passdb shadow {
>>  args = /etc/dovecot/shadow
>> }
>>
>> Can somebody please give me some hints on how to get this to work....
>>     
>
> Please enable auth_verbose and auth_debug in your configuration file.
> Are there any error messages in your log file?
>
> Regards,
> Thorsten
>
>