[Dovecot] Only method=PLAIN

[Timo Sirainen]

Sendmail configuration isn't relevant with Dovecot. Set
auth_debug_passwords=yes to debug why the authentication isn't working.

On Fri, 2012-05-18 at 09:19 +0200, Manuel Fernández Panzuela wrote:
> Then, which is the correct configuration ? Are my config files ok ?
> Openldap stores passwords encrypted with sha algorithm
> 
> Sendmail could be the problem? Sendmail works with PAM authentication
> /etc/pam.d/smtp to work with LDAP too.
> 
> When I connect outlook with (Sendmail + Dovecot) password is requested, but
> for all attempts I get the following error in /var/log/maillog
> 
> Using TLS
> dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: user=<manuel.fernandez.panzuela>,
> method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:10.237.208.211, lip=::ffff:10.237.193.133, TLS
> 
> Without TLS
> dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: user=<manuel.fernandez.panzuela>,
> method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:10.237.208.211, lip=::ffff:10.237.193.133
> 
> 
> Sendmail.mc
> FEATURE(correo_MFP)dnl
> LDAPROUTE_DOMAIN(ldapserver.mfernandez.es)dnl
> SMTPINI_JA(smtpinicial.mfernandez.es)dnl
> OLD_DOMAIN(correo.mfernandez.es)dnl
> LOCAL_MAIL_HOST(smtp-incial.mfernandez.es)dnl
> define(confLDAP_DEFAULT_SPEC,`-h xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -p 389 -b
> "o=usuarios,o=mfernandez,c=es" -d "cn=Admin,o=usuarios,o=mfernandez,c=es"
> -M simple -P /etc/mail/passcorreo')dnl
> define(`ALIAS_FILE', `ldap:')dnl
> FEATURE(virtusertable, `LDAP')dnl
> define(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS', `PLAIN')dnl
> TRUST_AUTH_MECH(`PLAIN')dnl
> define(SMART_HOST,`mail.mfernandez.es')dnl
> dnl define(SMART_HOST,`localhost')dnl
> dnl define(`ALIAS_FILE', `ldap:-b"" -v rfc822MailMember -k
> &(objectClass=nisMailAlias)(cn=%0)')dnl
> dnl correo_MFP - Fin de modificaciones necesarias
> dnl **************************************************
> MAILER(smtp)dnl
> MAILER(procmail)dnl
> Cwcorreo.mfernandez.es
> 
> Thank you so much!
> 
> 2012/5/17 Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi>
> 
> > On 16.5.2012, at 19.36, Manuel Fernández Panzuela wrote:
> >
> > > Hello
> > >
> > > I need to authenticate dovecot against openldap. OpenLdap's
> > authentication
> > > method requires SHA.
> > > How must I set dovecot ?
> > ..
> > >        #mechanisms = plain SHA
> > ..
> > > If I uncomment #mechanisms = plain SHA  Dovecot doesn't start, the error:
> > > dovecot: auth(default): Unknown authentication mechanism 'SHA'
> >
> > You're confusing the difference between authentication mechanism and
> > password scheme. http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Authentication
> >
> > You want to use SHA1 as password scheme but still PLAIN mechanism.