[Dovecot] disable_plaintext_auth = no ignored by dovecot in Ubuntu 10.04
David Mattox
dave at dndwifi.net
Mon Jan 31 07:25:09 EET 2011
Help!!
I have been trying to get Dovecot configured to allow plaintext auth
with no success. After some testing with the mail system I discovered
the >dovecot -a commant to dump the config file values from the
program. Gee, changing the value of disable_plaintext_auth had no
effect on what the program reported this value to be!
To eliminate possible errors caused by other config file entries I
finally restored the /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf file that was created by
installing the package. I then changed the one line to uncomment
disable_plaintext_auth and set it equal to no.
restart the box and execute
dovecot -a
The value is still set to the default value of yes...
Help! What is happening and how to I get this system to allow plain
text auth without TLS?
I did also try setting different ports for imap, imaps, pop3, pop3s
inside the seperate protocol blocks with no effect.
Below you will find a partial of the config file. Below that you will
find the output of >dovecot -a and >dovecot -n
Thank you in advance for any help with this problem.
Dave
dave at mail:~$ cat /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
## Dovecot configuration file
# If you're in a hurry, see http://wiki.dovecot.org/QuickConfiguration
# "dovecot -n" command gives a clean output of the changed settings. Use it
# instead of copy&pasting this file when posting to the Dovecot mailing
list.
# '#' character and everything after it is treated as comments. Extra spaces
# and tabs are ignored. If you want to use either of these explicitly,
put the
# value inside quotes, eg.: key = "# char and trailing whitespace "
...
#listen = *
disable_plaintext_auth = no
dave at mail:~$ sudo dovecot -n
# 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686 Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
protocols: imap pop3 imaps pop3s managesieve
ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-mail.pem
ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/ssl-mail.key
ssl_cipher_list:
ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:ALL:!aNULL:!ADH:!eNULL:!EXP:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM
login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login
login_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve-login
mail_privileged_group: mail
mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir
mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock
mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
mail_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve
mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap
mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap
mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3
mail_plugin_dir(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/managesieve
imap_client_workarounds(default): outlook-idle delay-newmail
imap_client_workarounds(imap): outlook-idle delay-newmail
imap_client_workarounds(pop3):
imap_client_workarounds(managesieve):
pop3_client_workarounds(default):
pop3_client_workarounds(imap):
pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh
pop3_client_workarounds(managesieve):
lda:
postmaster_address: postmaster
mail_plugins: sieve
quota_full_tempfail: yes
deliver_log_format: msgid=%m: %$
rejection_reason: Your message to <%t> was automatically rejected:%n%r
auth default:
mechanisms: plain login
passdb:
driver: pam
userdb:
driver: passwd
socket:
type: listen
client:
path: /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-auth
mode: 432
user: postfix
group: postfix
plugin:
sieve: ~/.dovecot.sieve
sieve_dir: ~/sieve
dave at mail:~$
dave at mail:~$ sudo dovecot -a
# 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686 Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
base_dir: /var/run/dovecot
log_path:
info_log_path:
log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
syslog_facility: mail
protocols: imap pop3 imaps pop3s managesieve
listen: *
ssl_listen:
ssl: yes
ssl_ca_file:
ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-mail.pem
ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/ssl-mail.key
ssl_key_password:
ssl_parameters_regenerate: 168
ssl_cipher_list:
ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:ALL:!aNULL:!ADH:!eNULL:!EXP:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM
ssl_cert_username_field: commonName
ssl_verify_client_cert: no
disable_plaintext_auth: yes
verbose_ssl: no
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