May 2014 - dovecot - dovecot.org

[Dovecot] SQL passdb, LDAP userdb
by Kristof Bajnok 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

Hi, in my current setup, LDAP authentication + userdb works fine. I'd like to integrate Dovecot with Shibboleth. I have a custom module at the IdP (*) that inserts short-time tokens to an SQL table at user authentication, and I want Dovecot to use the token table for passdb but keep LDAP for storing the userdb (uid, quota, etc) I thought it was simple as omitting the sql user_query, but I got: Warning: mysql: Query failed, retrying: Table 'webmail.users' doesn't exist Error: sql(user@domain,ipaddr): User query failed: Table 'webmail.users' doesn't exist (using built-in default user_query: SELECT home, uid, gid FROM users WHERE username = '%n' AND domain = '%d') Do you have any hints how to do this? Thanks, Kristof (*): in SAML there is an Identity Provider that does user authentication, which is separated from the services

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[Dovecot] [dovecot]Quota per user from openldap
by Selcuk Yazar 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

Hi, in dovecot documentation i try to implement quota per users. i added dovecot-ldap.conf file user_attrs = homeDirectory=home, uidNumber=uid, gidNumber=gid, mailbox=mail, quota=quota_rule=*:bytes=%$ and i see in logs quota(quota_rule=*:bytes=%$)=*:bytes=241800 Debug: Added userdb setting: plugin/quota_rule=*:bytes=241800 but still mail is delivering , i'not sure other settings about 20-imap.conf and 20-pop3.conf from documentation. what is the correct steps for this? thanks in advance -- Selçuk YAZAR

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[Dovecot] dovecot: lda(foo): Error: User foo doesn't have home dir set, disabling duplicate database
by Christian Hoffmann 02 Jun '14

02 Jun '14

Hello everyone, I have a small problem with dovecot installed on ubuntu-13.10. I use dovcot as LDA with a LDAP-passdb and a pam-passdb. The userdb is static. A mail to LDAP-user 'foo' is delivered with the error-message dovecot: lda(foo): Error: User foo doesn't have home dir set, disabling duplicate database A mail to the pam-user 'bar' will deliverd without this error. But both users should work with the static-userdb. Where is my mistake? Greetings Christian dovecot --version 2.1.7 ############################################ my dovecot.conf # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.11.0-22-generic i686 Ubuntu 13.10 ext4 disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 107 last_valid_uid = 109 listen = * log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " mail_home = /var/mail/%u mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%u/Maildir managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf driver = ldap } passdb { driver = pam } plugin { sieve = /var/mail/%u/dovecot.sieve sieve_before = /etc/dovecot/sieve.global/spamfilter.sieve } protocols = imap pop3 sieve service auth { user = root } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 2000 } } ssl_cert = </etc/exim4/exim.crt ssl_key = </etc/exim4/exim.key syslog_facility = local0 userdb { args = home=/var/mail/%u uid=Debian-exim gid=Debian-exim driver = static } protocol pop3 { pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } protocol lda { auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master hostname = ods2.schule.de mail_plugins = sieve postmaster_address = postmaster sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail } ############################## my dovecot-ldap.conf uris = ldaps://my.ldap.host.edu dn = chief dnpass = secret auth_bind = yes ldap_version = 3 base = ou=Personen,DC=my,DC=ldap,DC=host,DC=eu scope = subtree pass_filter = (&(objectClass=user)(cn=%u)(memberOf:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:=cn=Mail,ou=Gruppen,DC=my,DC=ldap,DC=host,DC=eu))

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[Dovecot] Disabling plus sign extension delimiter in lmtp listener (or userdb)
by Benoit Panizzon 01 Jun '14

01 Jun '14

Hello We have migrated our email services from a server, which did not support IMAP and folders, therefore threated the plus sign + as a normal character in a part of an email address. Our new server delivers the emails via lmtp to dovecot. the few users which got a + character in the username first could not log-in (fixed by adding + to auth_username_chars). Now the next problem turn out to be, that the lmtp listener stripps everything after the + sign. The MTA correctly sends the whole email address, so it's not the MTA's fault. It can easily be tested by connecting to the dovecot LMTP listener IP address by telnet: 220 grautvornix.imp.ch Dovecot ready. mail from:<nobody> 250 2.1.0 OK rcpt to:<b+enoit(a)iscan.ch> 550 5.1.1 <b+enoit(a)iscan.ch> User doesn't exist: b(a)iscan.ch I could not find any configuration parameters for the lmtp listener or userdb service to tell it what to do with the + sign. Did I miss something, or is it impossible to have the + sign accepted as a normal character in an email address? Kind regards -Benoit-

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[Dovecot] Upgraded my dovecot?
by Knute Johnson 31 May '14

31 May '14

I upgraded my server from Ubuntu 12.04LTS to 14.04LTS and it upgrade my dovecot too. Probably should have thought about that a little more before I pushed the button but oh well. So it didn't work when it came back up and I had to add a "inbox=yes" line to my namespace in 15-mailboxes.conf and that fixed it. So is there anything else I should update in my config files for this newer version of dovecot? # 2.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-30-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS auth_mechanisms = plain login mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { driver = pam } protocols = " imap" service imap-login { inet_listener imaps { port = 0 } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 0 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 0 } } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } protocol imap { imap_capability = IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS mail_max_userip_connections = 30 } Thanks,

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[Dovecot] ot: identifying TB IMAP issues
by voytek＠sbt.net.au 31 May '14

31 May '14

I have a user with with W7/TBird/IMAP to my dovecot 2.1.17 server, the user complains whilst he is composing lengthy emails (with multiple fowrds/replies quoted in the message) he gets 'hour glass' over compose windows with some message about not being able to save drafts, he then powers off ADSL modem, which enables him to continue composing email, powers on ADSL, and sends email what if anything can I assess at server end to identify any issues? any TB tips, what to enable or disable on TB ? looking at dovecot now (past the issue) with 'doveadm who' I don't see the user listed I think the user keeps many messages open concurrently in TB tabs, could that exhaust connection limit ? I expect this to be a TB issue? but, hope for some pointers

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[Dovecot] Panic: file mail-index-transaction-export.c: line 203 (log_append_ext_hdr_update): assertion failed: (u32.offset + u32.size <= ext_hdr_size)
by Andy Dills 31 May '14

31 May '14

Hi there, We recently upgraded to 2.2.12 (the current version in FreeBSD's port tree), and are seeing these errors in our logs (not super frequently, but it happens): May 30 13:20:57 mail1 kernel: pid 15752 (imap), uid 1005: exited on signal 6 May 30 13:20:57 mail1 dovecot: imap(xxx): Fatal: master: service(imap): child 15752 killed with signal 6 (core not dumped - set service imap { drop_priv_before_exec=yes }) I tried manually upgrading to 2.2.13, on the off chance that was fixed, but I couldn't get the new pigeonhole (0.4.3) to compile once I did (perhaps why the FreeBSD port maintainer hasn't updated yet?). Suggestions? Right now we just check every couple of hours for affected users, and then delete all of the dovecot files for the affected user, which ends the error. Thanks, Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---

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[Dovecot] doveadm fts optimize CRASH
by Larry Rosenman 30 May '14

30 May '14

thebighonker.lerctr.org /home/ler $ gdb -c doveadm.core `which doveadm` GNU gdb 6.1.1 [FreeBSD] Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "amd64-marcel-freebsd"...(no debugging symbols found)... Core was generated by `doveadm'. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. Reading symbols from /lib/libz.so.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libz.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib/libcrypt.so.5...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libcrypt.so.5 Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0 Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.7...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libc.so.7 Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib20_fts_plugin.so...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib20_fts_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib21_fts_lucene_plugin.so...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib21_fts_lucene_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libclucene-core.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/libclucene-core.so.1 Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libclucene-shared.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/libclucene-shared.so.1 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libc++.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libc++.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/libcxxrt.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libcxxrt.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/libm.so.5...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libm.so.5 Reading symbols from /lib/libgcc_s.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/libthr.so.3...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libthr.so.3 Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib90_stats_plugin.so...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib90_stats_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_sieve_plugin.so...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_sieve_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot-2.2-pigeonhole/libdovecot-sieve.so.0...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot-2.2-pigeonhole/libdovecot-sieve.so.0 Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-lda.so.0...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-lda.so.0 Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/doveadm/lib20_doveadm_fts_lucene_plugin.so...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/doveadm/lib20_doveadm_fts_lucene_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/doveadm/lib20_doveadm_fts_plugin.so...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/doveadm/lib20_doveadm_fts_plugin.so Reading symbols from /libexec/ld-elf.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /libexec/ld-elf.so.1 #0 0x00000008013cc0da in kill () from /lib/libc.so.7 [New Thread 801c2b800 (LWP 101632/doveadm)] (gdb) bt #0 0x00000008013cc0da in kill () from /lib/libc.so.7 #1 0x00000008013ca809 in abort () from /lib/libc.so.7 #2 0x0000000802cf7b39 in __cxa_pure_virtual () from /lib/libcxxrt.so.1 #3 0x00000008025159dc in lucene::store::BufferedIndexOutput::~BufferedIndexOutput () from /usr/local/lib/libclucene-core.so.1 #4 0x000000080251717a in lucene::store::FSDirectory::FSIndexOutput::FSIndexOutput () from /usr/local/lib/libclucene-core.so.1 #5 0x0000000802518983 in lucene::store::FSDirectory::createOutput () from /usr/local/lib/libclucene-core.so.1 #6 0x0000000802544c9d in lucene::index::CompoundFileWriter::close () from /usr/local/lib/libclucene-core.so.1 #7 0x0000000802558b32 in lucene::index::SegmentMerger::createCompoundFile () from /usr/local/lib/libclucene-core.so.1 #8 0x0000000802566b2d in lucene::index::IndexWriter::mergeMiddle () from /usr/local/lib/libclucene-core.so.1 #9 0x00000008025620f8 in lucene::index::IndexWriter::merge () from /usr/local/lib/libclucene-core.so.1 #10 0x0000000802527738 in lucene::index::SerialMergeScheduler::merge () from /usr/local/lib/libclucene-core.so.1 #11 0x000000080255ff45 in lucene::index::IndexWriter::optimize () from /usr/local/lib/libclucene-core.so.1 #12 0x000000080221bfd9 in lucene_index_optimize () from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib21_fts_lucene_plugin.so ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- #13 0x000000080400a2b0 in doveadm_fts_plugin_deinit () from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/doveadm/lib20_doveadm_fts_plugin.so #14 0x0000000000413617 in doveadm_mail_single_user () #15 0x0000000000413c60 in doveadm_mail_try_run () #16 0x000000000041c897 in main () (gdb) -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 214-642-9640 (c) E-Mail: larryrtx(a)gmail.com US Mail: 108 Turvey Cove, Hutto, TX 78634-5688

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Re: [Dovecot] Corrupted Mail?
by Joseph Tam 30 May '14

30 May '14

Arthur Dent <arthurdent.london(a)gmail.com> writes: > I get my mail from a variety of ISP and online email accounts using > fetchmail. I guess there's no change needed there? > > That feeds into procmail. I think I will have to change the mail > procmail configuration file and ALL my procmail recipe rc files (I have > many) - which filter into several different mboxs? As others have intimated, the use of procmail as your LDA is causing your mailbox to become inconsistent with respect to your indices. Procmail is appending your messages to mailboxes, but is ignorant of the existence of dovecot indices, and does not update them. When your IMAP service access those mailboxes, it detects this condition, and that's the log messages you are seeing. I think those messages are benign -- you can probably ignore it. Dovecot will automatically rebuild them. The alternative is to let dovecot's be responsible for message delivery: it can then update the indices, and IMAP/POP will find consistent indices. Try this at the end of procmailrc for regular delivery to the INBOX ################################################################################ # Replace default action using dovecot-lda to maintains caches. ################################################################################ :0 w | /location/of/dovecot-lda -d $USER For for non-INBOX filtering, try something like :0 Hw *^Subject: TEST |/location/of/dovecot-lda -d $USER -m testbox Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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Re: [Dovecot] Filed to write auth token secret file
by Chris Vaas 30 May '14

30 May '14

Just to give it a shot, I took a look into my SELinux log. Problem solved, SELinux blocked it. I added a rule to allow the access and that's it. Thanks for your help Chris On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 2:46 AM, Larry Rosenman <larryrtx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Can you check all the auth-* process(es) running and make sure they are > all running as root? > > Also, a doveconf -n MIGHT help. > > > On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 1:25 AM, Chris Vaas <chrisvaas(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> So it seems that the permissions are the same like yours. Hm. Suggestions >> about the next step? >> On May 29, 2014 1:12 AM, "Larry Rosenman" <larryrtx(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> the . directory in that list is /var/run/dovecot. >>> >>> that was a ls -la, after a cd /var/run/dovecot. >>> >>> >>> On 5/28/14, Chris Vaas <chrisvaas(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> > May I also ask you for the permissions on the parent folder? >>> > /var/run/dovecot >>> > >>> > Thanks! >>> > >>> > >>> > On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 1:07 AM, Larry Rosenman <larryrtx(a)gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> >> Here is the entire contents of mine. >>> >> >>> >> drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 35 May 27 21:01 . >>> >> drwxr-xr-x 14 root wheel 35 May 28 03:01 .. >>> >> srw------- 1 root wheel 0 May 24 14:12 anvil >>> >> srw------- 1 root wheel 0 May 24 14:12 anvil-auth-penalty >>> >> srw-rw-rw- 1 dovecot wheel 0 May 27 21:01 auth-client >>> >> srw------- 1 dovecot wheel 0 May 27 21:01 auth-login >>> >> srw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 0 May 27 21:01 auth-master >>> >> -rw------- 1 root wheel 32 May 24 14:12 >>> auth-token-secret.dat >>> >> srw-rw-rw- 1 dovecot wheel 0 May 27 21:01 auth-userdb >>> >> srw------- 1 dovecot wheel 0 May 27 21:01 auth-worker >>> >> srw------- 1 root wheel 0 May 27 21:01 config >>> >> srw------- 1 root wheel 0 May 27 21:01 dict >>> >> srw------- 1 root wheel 0 May 27 21:01 director-admin >>> >> srw------- 1 root wheel 0 May 27 21:01 director-userdb >>> >> srw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 0 May 27 21:01 dns-client >>> >> srw------- 1 root wheel 0 May 27 21:01 doveadm-server >>> >> lrwx------ 1 root wheel 35 May 24 14:12 dovecot.conf -> >>> >> /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf >>> >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 2 May 24 14:12 empty >>> >> srw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 0 May 27 21:01 imap-urlauth >>> >> srw------- 1 dovecot wheel 0 May 27 21:01 imap-urlauth-worker >>> >> srw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 0 May 27 21:01 indexer >>> >> srw------- 1 dovecot wheel 0 May 27 21:01 indexer-worker >>> >> srw------- 1 root wheel 0 May 27 21:01 ipc >>> >> srw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 0 May 27 21:01 lmtp >>> >> srw------- 1 root wheel 0 May 27 21:01 log-errors >>> >> drwxr-x--- 2 root dovenull 9 May 27 21:01 login >>> >> -rw------- 1 root wheel 4 May 24 14:12 master.pid >>> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 86 May 24 14:12 mounts >>> >> srw------- 1 root wheel 0 May 27 21:01 replication-notify >>> >> prw------- 1 root wheel 0 May 27 21:01 >>> replication-notify-fifo >>> >> srw------- 1 dovecot wheel 0 May 27 21:01 replicator >>> >> srw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 0 May 27 21:01 ssl-params >>> >> srw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 0 May 27 21:01 stats >>> >> prw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 0 May 27 21:01 stats-mail >>> >> drwxr-x--- 2 root dovenull 4 May 27 21:01 token-login >>> >> thebighonker.lerctr.org /var/run/dovecot $ >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> Now, the fact that it was whining about a .tmp file is interesting. >>> >> >>> >> Was there any other whines? >>> >> >>> >> Seems like something(tm) wasn't running as root that should be. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 5:52 PM, Chris Vaas <chrisvaas(a)gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >> >>> >>> What permissions should I have on the folder /var/run/dovecot ? The >>> >>> owner >>> >>> is root and the group dovecot in my case. The access bits are >>> >>> drwxr-xr-x. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 12:49 AM, Larry Rosenman <larryrtx(a)gmail.com >>> > >>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> > Check the permissions on the directory referenced. >>> >>> > On May 28, 2014 5:06 PM, "Chris Vaas" <chrisvaas(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> > >>> >>> >> Hey guys, >>> >>> >> I am getting the following error. It seems not be be severe, >>> since my >>> >>> >> setup >>> >>> >> works without any signs of drawbacks. But I'd rather rely on a >>> >>> >> professional >>> >>> >> opinion. >>> >>> >> >>> >>> >> May 28 23:02:54 example dovecot: auth: Error: >>> >>> >> open(/var/run/dovecot/auth-token-secret.dat.tmp) failed: >>> Permission >>> >>> denied >>> >>> >> May 28 23:02:54 example dovecot: auth: Error: Failed to write auth >>> >>> token >>> >>> >> secret file; returned tokens will be invalid once auth restarts >>> >>> >> >>> >>> >> Thanks in advance >>> >>> >> Chris >>> >>> >> >>> >>> > >>> >>> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler >>> >> Phone: +1 214-642-9640 (c) E-Mail: larryrtx(a)gmail.com >>> >> US Mail: 108 Turvey Cove, Hutto, TX 78634-5688 >>> >> >>> > >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler >>> Phone: +1 214-642-9640 (c) E-Mail: larryrtx(a)gmail.com >>> US Mail: 108 Turvey Cove, Hutto, TX 78634-5688 >>> >> > > > -- > Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler > Phone: +1 214-642-9640 (c) E-Mail: larryrtx(a)gmail.com > US Mail: 108 Turvey Cove, Hutto, TX 78634-5688 >

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