[Dovecot] Help connecting from remote client (no auth attempts)

[Blake McBride]

I found I was enabling the options you requested in the wrong place.  After
fixing it I get:

Mar 26 16:21:03 booklion dovecot: Dovecot v1.2.9 starting up (core dumps
disabled)
Mar 26 16:21:04 booklion dovecot: auth(default): Fatal: APOP mechanism
can't be supported with given passdbs
Mar 26 16:21:04 booklion dovecot: dovecot: Fatal: Auth process died too
early - shutting down
Mar 26 16:22:31 booklion dovecot: Dovecot v1.2.9 starting up (core dumps
disabled)
Mar 26 16:22:31 booklion dovecot: auth(default): Fatal: DIGEST-MD5
mechanism can't be supported with given passdbs
Mar 26 16:22:31 booklion dovecot: dovecot: Fatal: Auth process died too
early - shutting down
Mar 26 16:23:21 booklion dovecot: Dovecot v1.2.9 starting up (core dumps
disabled)
Mar 26 16:23:21 booklion dovecot: auth(default): Fatal: CRAM-MD5 mechanism
can't be supported with given passdbs
Mar 26 16:23:21 booklion dovecot: dovecot: Fatal: Auth process died too
early - shutting down



On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Blake McBride <blake1024 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the help!!
>
> I added the auth_mech..  line and reset dovecot but got the same error
> message.
>
> dovecot -n
> # 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> # OS: Linux 2.6.32-57-server x86_64 Ubuntu 10.04.4 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
>   debug: yes
>   debug_passwords: yes
>   passdb:
>     driver: shadow
>   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
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Am 26.03.2014 21:47, schrieb Blake McBride:
>> > Mar 26 15:04:51 booklion dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (no auth
>> > attempts): rip=74.179.230.177, lip=192.168.168.53
>> > Mar 26 15:04:51 booklion dovecot: last message repeated 2 times
>> > Mar 26 15:04:51 booklion dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (no auth
>> > attempts): rip=74.179.230.177, lip=192.168.168.53
>> > Mar 26 15:04:51 booklion dovecot: last message repeated 3 times
>> > Mar 26 15:04:51 booklion dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (no auth
>> > attempts): rip=74.179.230.177, lip=192.168.168.53
>>
>> what auth-mechs have you configured and how is TB configured?
>> "no auth attempts" in most cases indicates the client don't agree
>> with the auth-mechs offered by the server (PLAUN, LOGIN, CRAM-MD5, LMTP)
>>
>> in doubt try that in dovecot.conf
>> auth_mechanisms = CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5 APOP LOGIN PLAIN
>>
>>
>