[Dovecot] Authentication issue.

[Pascal Volk]

On 12/17/2010 06:16 PM dmitri tchernov wrote:
> …
> # ./imaptest copybox=Trash  # or any other command in
> …
> Error: root[4]: LOGIN failed: 4.1 NO [AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Authentication
> failed.
> …
> ^C
> 
> # tail /var/log/mail.log:
> Dec 17 18:07:28 dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 1 attempts):
> user=<root>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, mpid=0, secured
> Dec 17 18:08:01 dovecot: last message repeated 19 times
> 
> # dovecot --version
> 2.0.2

Version 2.0.8 is available …

> I do not understand where the problem is.  Do you have any idea?

Don't try to login as root. Use a human account.


Regards,
Pascal
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