[Dovecot] Dovecot not honoring configuration settings (auth failure)

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Tue Apr 1 10:47:25 UTC 2014


Am 01.04.2014 12:22, schrieb Charles Marcus:
> On 3/31/2014 5:47 PM, Jeffrey Walton <noloader at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 5:39 PM, Reindl Harald<h.reindl at thelounge.net>  wrote:
>>> >and the settings are*really*  in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
>>> >or in some ".d"-folder which may or may not be included?
>> I believe they are in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:
>>
>> # cat /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf | grep -i auth_
>> auth_mechanisms = plain login digest-md5 cram-md5
>> #auth_proxy_self =
>  
> What you are missing is that there is a very good reason that ONLY 
> the output of doveconf -n is wanted here...

if you would really follow the thread you whould have
noticed that he did that already and i asked for the
complete config file because:

* the mentioned one is clearly stated by doveconf -n
* the values in question are not displayed in the output

Am 01.04.2014 12:44, schrieb Charles Marcus:
> So... where is auth_mechanisms? You said you had it set to
>
> auth_mechanisms = plain login digest-md5 cram-md5
>
> Fix this and try again..

and *that* is why i asked for the complete config yesterday
because 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf is stated as config
file and the value in question is not listed

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