[Dovecot] REQ: Dovecot Authentication Problem with PAM

Selim Kraneis selim.kraneis at web.de
Fri Oct 17 17:04:47 EEST 2008


Hi , I have a problem with Authentication.I don't no, where is the problem,Can anyone help me undestand this problem.
Thanks in Advance
here is some files:
The configuration file dovecot.conf

log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
protocols: imap pop3
login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login
mail_privileged_group: mail
mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap
mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap
mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3
pop3_uidl_format(default):
pop3_uidl_format(imap):
pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xu%08Xv
auth default:
mechanisms: plain login
debug: yes
debug_passwords: yes
passdb:
driver: pam
userdb:
driver: passwd
socket:
type: listen
client:
path: /etc/postfix/private/auth
mode: 432
user: postfix
group: postfix
master:
###############################################
here is log file  /var/mail/mail.log
Oct 17 13:18:00 animal dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.rc15 starting up
Oct 17 13:18:40 animal dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH^I1^IPLAIN^Iservice=IMAP^Isecured^Ilip=127.0.0.1^Irip=127.0.0.1^Iresp=AHRlc3R1c2VyQGNoZWZzLW9ubGluZS5kZQBmaW5kdXMwNQ==
Oct 17 13:18:42 animal dovecot: auth(default): pam(testuser at blabla.de,127.0.0.1): pam_authenticate() failed: User not known to the underlying authentication module
Oct 17 13:18:43 animal dovecot: auth(default): client out: FAIL^I1^Iuser=testuser at blabla.de
Oct 17 13:20:08 animal dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login: user=<testuser at blabla.de>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured
Oct 17 13:23:13 animal dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login: rip=88.198.25.52, lip=192.168.3.2
Oct 17 13:34:14 animal dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: rip=88.198.25.52, lip=192.168.3.2
Oct 17 13:44:13 animal dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: rip=88.198.25.52, lip=192.168.3.2
####################################################################################
here is log file  /var/log/auth.log
Oct 17 13:18:40 animal dovecot-auth: (pam_unix) check pass; user unknown
Oct 17 13:18:40 animal dovecot-auth: (pam_unix) authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=dovecot ruser= rhost=127.0.0.1
############################################################################
here is the configuration file for PAM  /etc/pam.d/dovecot
#%PAM-1.0
auth required pam_unix.so nullok
account required pam_unix.so
################################


Kraneis

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