[Dovecot] auth_debug_passwords
Josh Gentry
jgentry at swcp.com
Wed Feb 4 18:48:24 EET 2009
On Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 08:52:10AM -0200, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote:
> Josh Gentry wrote:
> > Hi. I'm new to Dovecot and about to start using it in production. In
> > the config file, I set the option, auth_debug_passwords, to yes. I do
> > not see any failed passwords logged, however. It did cause more verbose
> > authentication logging, but failed passwords are still hidden.
> >
>
> That option is not for logging passwords, but to ease problem
> investigation in case something is not working as it should.
Well, its both, right. It's for logging the incorrect password when
authentication fails. We are an ISP, we do a LOT of email, and password
problems are major tech support load. Being able to tell the customer
that, yes, they have their caps lock on cause I can see they are sending
the password in all caps, would be a big help. We do the same thing
with RADIUS logging, and its very useful.
Thanks,
Josh
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