passwd mismatch

Mike Ponto ifrpilot541 at gmail.com
Thu May 19 00:10:07 UTC 2016


This got it!!
Edgar you were right about the doveadm usage.  the tutorial leaves out 
the part about using a username. That is what was bugging me and I never 
saw it.  Thanks for the extra eyes.
dud - your are my hero for the 3 hours.


On 05/18/2016 05:31 PM, Edgar Pettijohn wrote:
>
>
> On 05/18/16 17:07, Mike Ponto wrote:
>> I have been trying to follow the "instructions" at 
>> "http://blog.iandreev.com/?p=1975#dovecot" and they seem to be pretty 
>> good.  everything works until I get to the part were I test the 
>> dovecot installation and it keeps failing.
>> I get an AUTH fail error at the "telnet localhost 110" login commands
>>
>> I am trying to setup 3 domains:
>> domain1.us
>> domain2.com
>> domain3.com
>> I have 4 users entered in the /etc/dovecot/users file
>> I followed the instructions for creating an encrypted password but 
>> don't think it is correct and I don't have the knowledge to say why.  
>> Just doesn't feel right.
>>
>> I admit I am over my head and the learning curve just got exponential 
>> - any help at all would be really appreciated.
>>
>>
>> System:
>> QEMU/KVM vitrual install
>> Centos 7.01
>> basic install
>> 4096 G Ram
>> 4 proc
>> 120 G HD
>>
>> unit is behind an IPCop firewall with port forwarding.
>> internal IP 192.168.1.155
>> external IP on request
>>
>> have username in /etc/dovecot/users as such:
>> mynamehere at mydomainhere.us:
>>
>> Turned on debuggin and log file shows:
>> May 18 16:45:02 auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=5639)
>> May 18 16:45:16 auth: Debug: client in: AUTH    1    PLAIN 
>> service=pop3    secured 
>> session=2pP4xSQzzgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB        lip=::1 rip=::1 
>> lport=110    rport=33742     $
>> May 18 16:45:16 auth: Debug: 
>> passwd-file(mynamehere at mydomainhere.us,::1,<2pP4xSQzzgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>): 
>> lookup: user=mynamehere at mydomainhere.us file=/etc/dovecot/users
>> May 18 16:45:16 auth: Info: 
>> passwd-file(mynamehere at mydomainhere.us,::1,<2pP4xSQzzgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>): 
>> Password mismatch
>> May 18 16:45:18 auth: Debug: client passdb out: FAIL    1 
>> user=mynameherel at mydomainhere.us
>> May 18 16:45:20 pop3-login: Info: Aborted login (auth failed, 1 
>> attempts in 4 secs): user=<mynamehere at mydomain.us>, method=PLAIN, 
>> rip=::1, lip=::1, secured, session=<2pP4xSQzzgAAAAAA$
> doveconf -n would have been helpful
>
> man doveadm-pw
>
> then edit your passdb { scheme = SHA512-CRYPT }
> telnet is user-error prone.  try mutt -f 
> imap://user@example.com@mail.example.com



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