[Dovecot] probelm with users logging in

[Timo Sirainen]

On Tue, 2010-10-05 at 20:26 -0400, donovan jeffrey j wrote:
> Greetings
>  
> running dovecot for my first time on an OSX 10.6 server. after a reboot, several users are not able to Authenticate. here is a sample
> 
> Oct  5 20:22:32 hsmail dovecot[2142]: auth(default): od(juser,127.0.0.1): auth mech=CRAM-MD5
> Oct  5 20:22:32 hsmail dovecot[2142]: auth(default): od(juser,127.0.0.1): username=juser, challenge=<6757250558559635.1286324552 at hsmail.beth.k12.pa.us>, response=26b23b30128bba4f9ba3aca261ec764e
> Oct  5 20:22:32 hsmail dovecot[2142]: auth(default): od(juser,127.0.0.1): found user in local table: user=juser

od stuff is written by Apple and I don't know how it works.

> these users were working fine, then poof no access. 
> 
> can someone guide me on how to troubleshoot the dovecot portion. i do have many other users that are fine.

Is it that users using PLAIN work and those using CRAM-MD5 don't work?
You could disable CRAM-MD5 by removing it from auth_mechanisms.