[Dovecot] error 89 when loading plugin

[Pascal Volk]

On 08/01/2010 08:37 AM John O'Brien wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm very confused - that's not too difficult for me.
> 
> I have written a small plugin change_passwd_plugin.c
> I would like this custom IMAP command to be available to all users.
> 
> The code contains the following.
> 
> void change_passwd_plugin_init(void)
>     {
> 	command_register("XCHANGEPASSWORD", cmd_xchangepasswd, 0);
> 	str_append(capability_string, " XCHANGEPASSWORD");
>     }
> 
> void change_passwd_plugin_deinit(void)
>     {
> 	command_unregister("XCHANGEPASSWORD");
>     }
> 
> % nm
> 0000000000000920 T change_passwd_plugin_deinit
> 00000000000008ec T change_passwd_plugin_init
> 0000000000201248 D change_passwd_plugin_version
> 
> dovecot.conf
> mail_plugins = change_passwd_plugin
> mail_plugin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
> imap_capability = XCHANGEPASSWORD
> 
> %ls -la /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
> ls -la /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
> total 28
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 Aug  1 16:03 .
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root  4096 Aug  1 10:51 ..
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 16969 Aug  1 16:03 change_passwd_plugin.so
> 
> 
> During login I see the following
> 
> /var/log/maillog
> Aug  1 16:13:00 development dovecot: IMAP(test): Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
> Aug  1 16:13:00 development dovecot: IMAP(test): Plugin change_passwd_plugin not found from directory /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
> Aug  1 16:13:00 development dovecot: child 29715 (imap) returned error 89
> 
> I don't understand why I'm getting an "error 89" reported.
> The login session is terminated by dovecot when the error occurs.
> 
> Any assistance or ideas would be appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> John
> 

The name of the plungins is <plugin_name>_plugin.<ext>. To load a plugin
use:

	mail_plugins = plugin_name

Without the trailing _plugin.


Which clients, except for telnet, supports the XCHANGEPASSWORD command?


Regards,
Pascal
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