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

[Joseph Tam]

Jeffrey Walton <noloader at gmail.com> writes:

> I specified the following in my dovecot.conf.
>
> passdb {
>  args = /var/mail/%d/users
>  driver = passwd-file
> }
>
> Attempts to use the configuration result in an authentication failure.
> Here's an entry from dovecot.log when the failure happens:
>
> Mar 31 16:04:12 imap-login: Info: Disconnected (auth failed, 1
> attempts in 5 secs): user=<jeff at foo.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1,
> lip=127.0.1.1, secured, session=<n5/ajez1FgB/AAAB>

Just to confirm, your <user> specified in the passdb corresponds to what
is being authenticated (i.e. client is authenticating as "jeff at foo.com",
not "jeff")?  Otherwise, you'll need to add domains to your passdb,
or configure "username_format=%n"

Joseph Tam <jtam.home at gmail.com>