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April 2014

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Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot not honoring configuration settings (auth failure)
by Joseph Tam 01 Apr '14

01 Apr '14

Jeffrey Walton <noloader(a)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(a)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(a)foo.com", not "jeff")? Otherwise, you'll need to add domains to your passdb, or configure "username_format=%n" Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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