[Dovecot] disable_plaintext_auth = no as no effect on IMAP/POP3 logins

Mikkel mikkel at euro123.dk
Thu Jun 14 11:14:11 EEST 2012


Hello

In my installation the disable_plaintext_auth does not appear to take 
effect.
I can see that the value is correct using doveconf -a but it doesn't 
change anything.

Whenever attempting to log in using IMAP I get this:
* BAD [ALERT] Plaintext authentication not allowed without SSL/TLS, but 
your client did it anyway. If anyone was listening, the password was 
exposed.
ls NO [PRIVACYREQUIRED] Plaintext authentication disallowed on 
non-secure (SSL/TLS) connections.

POP3 login attempts give this error:
-ERR Plaintext authentication disallowed on non-secure (SSL/TLS) connections

Besides adding disable_plaintext_auth=no to dovecot.conf I also tried 
adding it specifically to the imap section.
I also tried to invoke it just for certain networks, like this:

remote 0.0.0.0 {
   disable_plaintext_auth = no
}

But none of this takes any effect either. Adding the testing network as 
trusted networks is working fine removing the error.
But I would rather not add the whole internet to the trusted network 
section just to allow plain text logins in imap.

I'm in the process of migrating form 1.1 to 2.1 so this configuration is 
for testing things out and is mainly based on the default configuration 
files comming with the centos installation.
I should add that everything else in this setup is working fine.


I did many searches for information on this topic but nothing I could 
find apply to my case.

I'm sorry to post such a long conf but I'm not sure what parts I could 
have safely omitted.
Here goes:


# doveconf -a
# 2.1.1: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.2 (Final)
auth_anonymous_username = anonymous
auth_cache_negative_ttl = 2 mins
auth_cache_size = 0
auth_cache_ttl = 2 mins
auth_debug = no
auth_debug_passwords = no
auth_default_realm = plain
auth_failure_delay = 2 secs
auth_first_valid_uid = 500
auth_gssapi_hostname =
auth_krb5_keytab =
auth_last_valid_uid = 0
auth_master_user_separator =
auth_mechanisms = plain
auth_realms = plain login  digest-md5 cram-md5 apop ntlm
auth_socket_path = auth-userdb
auth_ssl_require_client_cert = no
auth_ssl_username_from_cert = no
auth_use_winbind = no
auth_username_chars = 
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@
auth_username_format = %Lu
auth_username_translation =
auth_verbose = no
auth_verbose_passwords = no
auth_winbind_helper_path = /usr/bin/ntlm_auth
auth_worker_max_count = 30
base_dir = /var/run/dovecot
config_cache_size = 1 M
debug_log_path =
default_client_limit = 1000
default_idle_kill = 1 mins
default_internal_user = dovecot
default_login_user = dovenull
default_process_limit = 100
default_vsz_limit = 256 M
deliver_log_format = msgid=%m: %$
dict_db_config =
director_doveadm_port = 0
director_mail_servers =
director_servers =
director_user_expire = 15 mins
disable_plaintext_auth = no
dotlock_use_excl = no
doveadm_allowed_commands =
doveadm_password =
doveadm_proxy_port = 0
doveadm_socket_path = doveadm-server
doveadm_worker_count = 0
dsync_alt_char = _
first_valid_gid = 1
first_valid_uid = 105
hostname = usrmta01.talkactive.net
imap_capability =
imap_client_workarounds =
imap_id_log =
imap_id_send =
imap_idle_notify_interval = 2 mins
imap_logout_format = in=%i out=%o
imap_max_line_length = 64 k
imapc_host =
imapc_master_user =
imapc_password =
imapc_port = 143
imapc_rawlog_dir =
imapc_ssl = no
imapc_ssl_ca_dir =
imapc_ssl_verify = yes
imapc_user = %u
import_environment = TZ
info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.run
instance_name = dovecot
last_valid_gid = 0
last_valid_uid = 0
lda_mailbox_autocreate = no
lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = no
lda_original_recipient_header =
libexec_dir = /usr/libexec/dovecot
listen = *, ::
lmtp_proxy = no
lmtp_save_to_detail_mailbox = no
lock_method = fcntl
log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.err
log_timestamp = "%b %d %H:%M:%S "
login_access_sockets =
login_greeting = Dovecot ready.
login_log_format = %$: %s
login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l mpid=%e %c
login_trusted_networks =
mail_access_groups =
mail_attachment_dir =
mail_attachment_fs = sis posix
mail_attachment_hash = %{sha1}
mail_attachment_min_size = 128 k
mail_cache_fields = flags
mail_cache_min_mail_count = 0
mail_chroot =
mail_debug = no
mail_fsync = always
mail_full_filesystem_access = no
mail_gid =
mail_home =
mail_location =
mail_log_prefix = "%s(%u): "
mail_max_keyword_length = 50
mail_max_lock_timeout = 0
mail_max_userip_connections = 10
mail_never_cache_fields = imap.envelope
mail_nfs_index = yes
mail_nfs_storage = yes
mail_plugin_dir = /usr/lib64/dovecot
mail_plugins = quota
mail_prefetch_count = 0
mail_privileged_group =
mail_save_crlf = no
mail_temp_dir = /tmp
mail_uid =
mailbox_idle_check_interval = 30 secs
mailbox_list_index = no
maildir_broken_filename_sizes = no
maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = yes
maildir_stat_dirs = no
maildir_very_dirty_syncs = no
master_user_separator =
mbox_dirty_syncs = yes
mbox_dotlock_change_timeout = 2 mins
mbox_lazy_writes = yes
mbox_lock_timeout = 5 mins
mbox_md5 = apop3d
mbox_min_index_size = 0
mbox_read_locks = fcntl
mbox_very_dirty_syncs = no
mbox_write_locks = fcntl
mdbox_preallocate_space = no
mdbox_rotate_interval = 0
mdbox_rotate_size = 2 M
mmap_disable = yes
namespace inbox {
   hidden = no
   ignore_on_failure = no
   inbox = yes
   list = yes
   location =
   mailbox Drafts {
     auto = no
     special_use = \Drafts
   }
   mailbox Junk {
     auto = no
     special_use = \Junk
   }
   mailbox Sent {
     auto = no
     special_use = \Sent
   }
   mailbox "Sent Messages" {
     auto = no
     special_use = \Sent
   }
   mailbox Trash {
     auto = no
     special_use = \Trash
   }
   prefix =
   separator =
   subscriptions = yes
   type = private
}
passdb {
   args = /local/config/dovecot-sql.conf
   default_fields =
   deny = no
   driver = sql
   master = no
   override_fields =
   pass = no
}
plugin {
   quota = maildir
   quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+10M:messages=+100
   quota_warning = storage=80%% /local/scripts/quota-warning.sh 80
   sieve_extensions = +imapflags +notify
   trash = /local/config/dovecot-trash.conf
}
pop3_client_workarounds =
pop3_enable_last = no
pop3_fast_size_lookups = no
pop3_lock_session = no
pop3_logout_format = top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s
pop3_no_flag_updates = no
pop3_reuse_xuidl = no
pop3_save_uidl = no
pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
pop3c_host =
pop3c_password =
pop3c_port = 110
pop3c_rawlog_dir =
pop3c_ssl = no
pop3c_ssl_ca_dir =
pop3c_ssl_verify = yes
pop3c_user = %u
postmaster_address =
protocols = imap pop3 lmtp
quota_full_tempfail = no
recipient_delimiter = +
rejection_reason = Your message to <%t> was automatically rejected:%n%r
rejection_subject = Rejected: %s
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail
service anvil {
   chroot = empty
   client_limit = 0
   drop_priv_before_exec = no
   executable = anvil
   extra_groups =
   group =
   idle_kill = 4294967295 secs
   privileged_group =
   process_limit = 1
   process_min_avail = 1
   protocol =
   service_count = 0
   type = anvil
   unix_listener anvil-auth-penalty {
     group =
     mode = 0600
     user =
   }
   unix_listener anvil {
     group =
     mode = 0600
     user =
   }
   user = $default_internal_user
   vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service auth-worker {
   chroot =
   client_limit = 1
   drop_priv_before_exec = no
   executable = auth -w
   extra_groups =
   group =
   idle_kill = 0
   privileged_group =
   process_limit = 0
   process_min_avail = 0
   protocol =
   service_count = 1
   type =
   unix_listener auth-worker {
     group =
     mode = 0600
     user = $default_internal_user
   }
   user = $default_internal_user
   vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service auth {
   chroot =
   client_limit = 0
   drop_priv_before_exec = no
   executable = auth
   extra_groups =
   group =
   idle_kill = 0
   privileged_group =
   process_limit = 1
   process_min_avail = 0
   protocol =
   service_count = 0
   type =
   unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
     group =
     mode = 0666
     user =
   }
   unix_listener auth-client {
     group =
     mode = 0600
     user =
   }
   unix_listener auth-login {
     group =
     mode = 0600
     user = $default_internal_user
   }
   unix_listener auth-master {
     group =
     mode = 0600
     user =
   }
   unix_listener auth-userdb {
     group =
     mode = 0666
     user =
   }
   unix_listener login/login {
     group =
     mode = 0666
     user =
   }
   user = $default_internal_user
   vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service config {
   chroot =
   client_limit = 0
   drop_priv_before_exec = no
   executable = config
   extra_groups =
   group =
   idle_kill = 0
   privileged_group =
   process_limit = 0
   process_min_avail = 0
   protocol =
   service_count = 0
   type = config
   unix_listener config {
     group =
     mode = 0600
     user =
   }
   user =
   vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service dict {
   chroot =
   client_limit = 1
   drop_priv_before_exec = no
   executable = dict
   extra_groups =
   group =
   idle_kill = 0
   privileged_group =
   process_limit = 0
   process_min_avail = 0
   protocol =
   service_count = 0
   type =
   unix_listener dict {
     group =
     mode = 0600
     user =
   }
   user = $default_internal_user
   vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service director {
   chroot = .
   client_limit = 0
   drop_priv_before_exec = no
   executable = director
   extra_groups =
   fifo_listener login/proxy-notify {
     group =
     mode = 00
     user =
   }
   group =
   idle_kill = 4294967295 secs
   inet_listener {
     address =
     port = 0
     ssl = no
   }
   privileged_group =
   process_limit = 1
   process_min_avail = 0
   protocol =
   service_count = 0
   type =
   unix_listener director-admin {
     group =
     mode = 0600
     user =
   }
   unix_listener director-userdb {
     group =
     mode = 0600
     user =
   }
   unix_listener login/director {
     group =
     mode = 00
     user =
   }
   user = $default_internal_user
   vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service dns_client {
   chroot =
   client_limit = 1
   drop_priv_before_exec = no
   executable = dns-client
   extra_groups =
   group =
   idle_kill = 0
   privileged_group =
   process_limit = 0
   process_min_avail = 0
   protocol =
   service_count = 0
   type =
   unix_listener dns-client {
     group =
     mode = 0666
     user =
   }
   unix_listener login/dns-client {
     group =
     mode = 0666
     user =
   }
   user = $default_internal_user
   vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service doveadm {
   chroot =
   client_limit = 1
   drop_priv_before_exec = no
   executable = doveadm-server
   extra_groups =
   group =
   idle_kill = 0
   privileged_group =
   process_limit = 0
   process_min_avail = 0
   protocol =
   service_count = 1
   type =
   unix_listener doveadm-server {
     group =
     mode = 0600
     user =
   }
   user =
   vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service imap-login {
   chroot = login
   client_limit = 0
   drop_priv_before_exec = no
   executable = imap-login
   extra_groups =
   group =
   idle_kill = 0
   inet_listener imap {
     address =
     port = 143
     ssl = no
   }
   inet_listener imaps {
     address =
     port = 993
     ssl = yes
   }
   privileged_group =
   process_limit = 0
   process_min_avail = 0
   protocol = imap
   service_count = 0
   type = login
   user = $default_login_user
   vsz_limit = 256 M
}
service imap {
   chroot =
   client_limit = 1
   drop_priv_before_exec = no
   executable = imap
   extra_groups =
   group =
   idle_kill = 0
   privileged_group =
   process_limit = 1024
   process_min_avail = 0
   protocol = imap
   service_count = 1
   type =
   unix_listener login/imap {
     group =
     mode = 0666
     user =
   }
   user =
   vsz_limit = 256 M
}
service indexer-worker {
   chroot =
   client_limit = 1
   drop_priv_before_exec = no
   executable = indexer-worker
   extra_groups =
   group =
   idle_kill = 0
   privileged_group =
   process_limit = 10
   process_min_avail = 0
   protocol =
   service_count = 0
   type =
   unix_listener indexer-worker {
     group =
     mode = 0600
     user = $default_internal_user
   }
   user =
   vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service indexer {
   chroot =
   client_limit = 0
   drop_priv_before_exec = no
   executable = indexer
   extra_groups =
   group =
   idle_kill = 0
   privileged_group =
   process_limit = 1
   process_min_avail = 0
   protocol =
   service_count = 0
   type =
   unix_listener indexer {
     group =
     mode = 0666
     user =
   }
   user = $default_internal_user
   vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service ipc {
   chroot = empty
   client_limit = 0
   drop_priv_before_exec = no
   executable = ipc
   extra_groups =
   group =
   idle_kill = 0
   privileged_group =
   process_limit = 1
   process_min_avail = 0
   protocol =
   service_count = 0
   type =
   unix_listener ipc {
     group =
     mode = 0600
     user =
   }
   unix_listener login/ipc-proxy {
     group =
     mode = 0600
     user = $default_login_user
   }
   user = $default_internal_user
   vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service lmtp {
   chroot =
   client_limit = 1
   drop_priv_before_exec = no
   executable = lmtp
   extra_groups =
   group =
   idle_kill = 0
   privileged_group =
   process_limit = 0
   process_min_avail = 0
   protocol = lmtp
   service_count = 0
   type =
   unix_listener lmtp {
     group =
     mode = 0666
     user =
   }
   user =
   vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service log {
   chroot =
   client_limit = 0
   drop_priv_before_exec = no
   executable = log
   extra_groups =
   group =
   idle_kill = 4294967295 secs
   privileged_group =
   process_limit = 1
   process_min_avail = 0
   protocol =
   service_count = 0
   type = log
   unix_listener log-errors {
     group =
     mode = 0600
     user =
   }
   user =
   vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service pop3-login {
   chroot = login
   client_limit = 0
   drop_priv_before_exec = no
   executable = pop3-login
   extra_groups =
   group =
   idle_kill = 0
   inet_listener pop3 {
     address =
     port = 110
     ssl = no
   }
   inet_listener pop3s {
     address =
     port = 995
     ssl = yes
   }
   privileged_group =
   process_limit = 0
   process_min_avail = 0
   protocol = pop3
   service_count = 1
   type = login
   user = $default_login_user
   vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service pop3 {
   chroot =
   client_limit = 1
   drop_priv_before_exec = no
   executable = pop3
   extra_groups =
   group =
   idle_kill = 0
   privileged_group =
   process_limit = 1024
   process_min_avail = 0
   protocol = pop3
   service_count = 1
   type =
   unix_listener login/pop3 {
     group =
     mode = 0666
     user =
   }
   user =
   vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service ssl-params {
   chroot =
   client_limit = 0
   drop_priv_before_exec = no
   executable = ssl-params
   extra_groups =
   group =
   idle_kill = 0
   privileged_group =
   process_limit = 0
   process_min_avail = 0
   protocol =
   service_count = 0
   type = startup
   unix_listener login/ssl-params {
     group =
     mode = 0666
     user =
   }
   user =
   vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
service stats {
   chroot = empty
   client_limit = 0
   drop_priv_before_exec = no
   executable = stats
   extra_groups =
   fifo_listener stats-mail {
     group =
     mode = 0600
     user =
   }
   group =
   idle_kill = 4294967295 secs
   privileged_group =
   process_limit = 1
   process_min_avail = 0
   protocol =
   service_count = 0
   type =
   unix_listener stats {
     group =
     mode = 0600
     user =
   }
   user = $default_internal_user
   vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B
}
shutdown_clients = yes
ssl = required
ssl_ca =
ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem
ssl_cert_username_field = commonName
ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:!EXP:!aNULL
ssl_client_cert =
ssl_client_key =
ssl_crypto_device =
ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
ssl_key_password =
ssl_parameters_regenerate = 1 weeks
ssl_protocols = !SSLv2
ssl_verify_client_cert = no
stats_command_min_time = 1 mins
stats_domain_min_time = 12 hours
stats_ip_min_time = 12 hours
stats_memory_limit = 16 M
stats_session_min_time = 15 mins
stats_user_min_time = 1 hours
submission_host =
syslog_facility = mail
userdb {
   args =
   default_fields =
   driver = prefetch
   override_fields =
}
userdb {
   args = /local/config/dovecot-sql.conf
   default_fields =
   driver = sql
   override_fields =
}
valid_chroot_dirs =
verbose_proctitle = no
verbose_ssl = no
version_ignore = no
protocol lda {
   mail_plugins = quota quota sieve trash
}
protocol imap {
   imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail tb-extra-mailbox-sep 
tb-lsub-flags
   imap_logout_format = bytes=%i/%o
   mail_plugins = quota quota imap_quota trash
}
protocol pop3 {
   mail_plugins = quota quota
   pop3_logout_format = top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s
   pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
}


Regards, Mikkel


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