[Dovecot] login fails when username has apostrophe

[Seth Mattinen]

Karl Latiss wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-01-06 at 18:33 -0500, Timo Sirainen wrote:
>> On Wed, 2009-01-07 at 10:19 +1100, Karl Latiss wrote:
>>> Jan  5 16:15:05 www-example1 dovecot: auth(default): ldap(julie.o
>>> \'reilly at example.com,10.3.96.60): pass search: base=dc=example, dc=com
>>> scope=subtree filter=(&(objectClass=qmailUser)(uid=julie.o\\'reilly))
>>> field
>>> s=mail,userPassword
>> I think it should be julie.o\\\'reilly in there. Have to check why.
>>
>>> Jan  5 16:15:07 www-example1 dovecot: auth(default): client out: FAIL
>>> 1       user=julie.o\'reilly at example.com
>>> failed, 1 attempts): user=<julie.o\'reilly at example.com>, method=PLAIN,
>> But I think your client (PHP webmail with automatic slashing enabled?)
>> is sending the initial \ here. Try logging in manually with telnet to
>> make sure.
> 
> The previous log output is with me telnetting in manually, however the
> webmail software (roundcube) produces the same results.
> 


It's not an apostrophe - it's an unmatched quote. You'll probably get 
faster results by changing to logins that don't anger input string 
sanity checks. Otherwise, be prepared to wait a while for a solution. 
Probably not what you want to hear, but if you have people knocking down 
the door over this problem, you're going to have to use what will work.

~Seth