July 2019 - dovecot - dovecot.org

Re: Applying Dovecot for a large / deep folder-hierarchy archive - BUG REPORTS!
by Adam D. Barratt 13 Jul '19

13 Jul '19

On Wed, 2019-07-10 at 12:26 +0100, Arnold Opio Oree wrote: > Understood Adam, > > My thinking is that this is a package released with Debian 10. And so > has everything to do with the release. For clarity here - debian-release is neither a support forum nor a discussion list, nor a means of reporting issues in software contained within a Debian release. Debian has support fora and a bug tracking system to handle such reports and issues, as per https://www.debian.org /support . Having a single list that discusses any issue in any piece of software shipped by Debian cannot possibly scale. Rather, this list is the contact point and team alias for the Release Team, who oversee and manage the release process. It is up to individual package maintainers to triage and deal with issues reported against their packages and then to liaise with us if required. Regards, Adam

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Error: file_ostream.net_set_tcp_nodelay
by Lefteris Tsintjelis 13 Jul '19

13 Jul '19

After upgrading to 2.3.7_1 I get those errors every now and then. Running FreeBSD 12-RELEASE. Any idea what they may be? Jul 13 08:07:11 pop3-login: Error: file_ostream.net_set_tcp_nodelay(, FALSE) failed: Connection reset by peer Jul 13 08:19:10 imap-login: Error: file_ostream.net_set_tcp_nodelay(, TRUE) failed: Connection reset by peer Jul 13 08:24:09 imap-login: Error: file_ostream.net_set_tcp_nodelay(, TRUE) failed: Connection reset by peer Jul 13 08:34:53 imap-login: Error: file_ostream.net_set_tcp_nodelay(, TRUE) failed: Connection reset by peer Lefteris

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Pigeonhole release v0.5.7
by Aki Tuomi 12 Jul '19

12 Jul '19

Hi! We are pleased to release Pigeonhole release v0.5.7. Tarball is available at https://pigeonhole.dovecot.org/releases/2.3/dovecot-2.3-pigeonhole-0.5.7.ta… https://pigeonhole.dovecot.org/releases/2.3/dovecot-2.3-pigeonhole-0.5.7.ta… Binary packages are available at https://repo.dovecot.org/ Changes ------- + vacation: Made the subject for the automatic response message produced by the Sieve vacation action configurable. Both the default subject (if the script defines none) and the subject template (e.g. used to add a subject prefix) can be configured. - dsync: dsync-replication does not synchronize Sieve scripts. - imap_sieve_filter: Reduce FILTER=SIEVE verbosity over IMAP connection. - testsuite: Pigeonhole testsuite segfaulted if it was compiled with GCC 9 --- Aki Tuomi Open-Xchange oy

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2.3.7/FreeBSD: Seeing lots of stats-writer errors.
by Larry Rosenman 12 Jul '19

12 Jul '19

A user reported this to me, and I'm seeing it too: Hi all :) After mail/dovecot upgrade to v2.3.7 it seems something went wrong with stat-writer... IMAP and POP3 logs: Jul 12 19:45:34 mail dovecot: imap-login: Error: file_ostream.net_set_tcp_nodelay((conn:unix:/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer), TRUE) failed: Invalid argument Jul 12 19:45:34 mail dovecot: imap-login: Error: file_ostream.net_set_tcp_nodelay((conn:unix:login), TRUE) failed: Invalid argument Jul 12 19:45:35 mail dovecot: imap: Error: file_ostream.net_set_tcp_nodelay((conn:unix:/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer), TRUE) failed: Invalid argument Jul 12 19:45:35 mail dovecot: imap: Error: file_ostream.net_set_tcp_nodelay((conn:unix:/var/run/dovecot/auth-master), TRUE) failed: Invalid argument Jul 12 19:45:35 mail dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<someone(a)domain.tld>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.0.28, lip=192.168.0.1, mpid=47811, TLS, session=<aelAen+NKpDAqAAc> Jul 12 19:45:41 mail dovecot: imap(someone(a)domain.tld)<47811><aelAen+NKpDAqAAc>: Connection closed (UID SEARCH finished 6.727 secs ago) in=128 out=2015 deleted=0 expunged=0 trashed=0 hdr_count=0 hdr_bytes=0 body_count=0 body_bytes=0 Jul 12 19:51:21 mail dovecot: pop3-login: Error: file_ostream.net_set_tcp_nodelay((conn:unix:/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer), TRUE) failed: Invalid argument Jul 12 19:51:21 mail dovecot: auth: Error: file_ostream.net_set_tcp_nodelay((conn:unix:/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer), TRUE) failed: Invalid argument Jul 12 19:51:21 mail dovecot: pop3-login: Error: file_ostream.net_set_tcp_nodelay((conn:unix:login), TRUE) failed: Invalid argument Jul 12 19:51:21 mail dovecot: pop3: Error: file_ostream.net_set_tcp_nodelay((conn:unix:/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer), TRUE) failed: Invalid argument Jul 12 19:51:21 mail dovecot: pop3: Error: file_ostream.net_set_tcp_nodelay((conn:unix:/var/run/dovecot/auth-master), TRUE) failed: Invalid argument Jul 12 19:51:21 mail dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<someone(a)domain.tld>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.0.33, lip=192.168.0.1, mpid=47877, TLS, session=<h+3jjn+NcPrAqAAh> Jul 12 19:51:21 mail dovecot: pop3(someone(a)domain.tld)<47877><h+3jjn+NcPrAqAAh>: Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0 Ideas? -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 214-642-9640 (c) E-Mail: larryrtx(a)gmail.com US Mail: 5708 Sabbia Dr, Round Rock, TX 78665-2106

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new dovecot, selinux Problem ?
by Günther J. Niederwimmer 12 Jul '19

12 Jul '19

Hello List, after the last update I have a selinux "Problem" with dovecot. My system is a centos 7. After a new start from dovecot selinux block a connection. Jul 12 16:24:24 mx01 systemd: Starting Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email server... Jul 12 16:24:54 mx01 systemd: Started Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email server. Jul 12 16:24:54 mx01 dovecot: Warning: Corrected permissions for login directory /var/run/dovecot/token-login Jul 12 16:24:54 mx01 dbus[3008]: [system] Activating service name='org.fedoraproject.Setroubleshootd' (using servicehelper) Jul 12 16:24:55 mx01 dbus[3008]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.fedoraproject.Setroubleshootd' Jul 12 16:24:55 mx01 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing dovecot from getattr access on the file /proc/sys/fs/suid_dumpable. For complete SELinux messages run: sealert -l c46ae6a7-64c4-49a7-9e3d-477547fb6da8 Jul 12 16:24:55 mx01 python: SELinux is preventing dovecot from getattr access on the file /proc/sys/fs/suid_dumpable.#012#012***** Plugin catchall (100. confidence) suggests **************************#012#012If you believe that dovecot should be allowed getattr access on the suid_dumpable file by default.#012Then you should report this as a bug.#012You can generate a local policy module to allow this access.#012Do#012allow this access for now by executing:#012# ausearch -c 'dovecot' --raw | audit2allow -M my-dovecot#012# semodule -i my-dovecot.pp#012 is this a bad Error? When I install this local Policy i have a Problem with selinux wrong policy. sealert -a /var/log/audit/audit.log 13% donetype=AVC msg=audit(1562936830.462:61868): avc: denied { getattr } for pid=31288 comm="dovecot" path="/proc/sys/fs/suid_dumpable" dev="proc" ino=35734 scontext=system_u:system_r:dovecot_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:proc_security_t:s0 tclass=file permissive=0 **** Invalid AVC allowed in current policy *** 100% done found 0 alerts in /var/log/audit/audit.log Can any tell / help me for a correct installation? -- mit freundliche Grüßen / best regards, Günther J. Niederwimmer

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[bug] success field never emited in auth_request_finished event
by Jean-Daniel Dupas 12 Jul '19

12 Jul '19

Hi, I'm playing with the new events, and encounter some issues: First the 'auth_request_finished' event is documented as having a 'successful' field, but in the code, the field is defined as 'success' (e->add_str("success", "yes")). But more important, in the function "auth_request_success_continue()" (auth/auth-request.c:288), "auth_request_log_finished(request)" is call (line 303) before updating the request status: "request->successful = TRUE" (line 312) So the log function never set the success field to "yes" as at this point request->successful is still false. Jean-Daniel

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Getting login stats
by Jean-Daniel Dupas 12 Jul '19

12 Jul '19

Hello, I'm trying to get some IMAP auth stats on a Dovecot 2.3.6 instance, but whatever I declare in metric, it always show 0. What I want basically is how many IMAP auth attempts there was on the server, and optional a way to filter on the auth attempt status (successful or failed). My server uses a simple auth (with LDAP backend) and supports only "auth_mechanisms = plain login" I tried using the following metrics: -------------------------------- metric auth_request_finished { event_name = auth_request_finished } metric auth_passdb_request_finished { event_name = auth_passdb_request_finished } metric auth_userdb_request_finished { event_name = auth_userdb_request_finished } metric auth_client_request_started { event_name = auth_client_request_started } metric auth_client_userdb_lookup_started { event_name = auth_client_userdb_lookup_started } metric auth_client_passdb_lookup_started { event_name = auth_client_passdb_lookup_started } metric auth_client_cache_flush_started { event_name = auth_client_cache_flush_started } metric imap_command_finished { event_name = imap_command_finished filter { name = LOGIN } } -------------------------------- But even after many successful logins, doveadm reports 0 for all events: metric_name field count sum min max avg median stddev %95 auth_request_finished duration 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 auth_passdb_request_finished duration 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 auth_userdb_request_finished duration 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 auth_client_request_started duration 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 auth_client_userdb_lookup_started duration 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 auth_client_passdb_lookup_started duration 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 auth_client_cache_flush_started duration 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 imap_command_finished duration 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0

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dovecot 2.3.6 on FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE inside a JAIL does not see dovecot/replication-notify-fifo
by Lars Schotte 12 Jul '19

12 Jul '19

Hi, I see dovecot[47939]: imap(gustik(a)gustik.eu)<48079><XVTMe3qNFpQqAchEJAsZAoGuBtbxcZmK>: Error: open(/var/run/dovecot/replication-notify-fifo) failed: No such file or directory even though, right after: Jul 12 13:54:41 madarka dovecot[47939]: aggregator: Error: Client sent invalid input when I send echo 1 > /var/run/dovecot/replication-notify-fifo and yes, of course prw-rw-rw- 1 dovecot vmail 0B Jul 12 13:57 /var/run/dovecot/replication-notify-fifo exists. FreeBSD madarka.gustik.eu 12.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE r342152 GENERIC amd64 Dovecot running inside a jail with a version of 2.3.6 just recently compiled from ports! I ve allowed raw sockets and sysvipc for this jail but it did not help. Also making explicit imap mail plugins notify and replicator did not help. Any ideas? -- Lars Schotte Mudroňova 13 92101 Piešťany

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Confused about dovecot ACL
by HTMLServices.it 12 Jul '19

12 Jul '19

Hello everyone sorry i'm not very experienced and also my english I installed a centos 7 server with ispconfig postfix dovecot 2.2.36 and roundcube, this server is only a mail archive, so my need is that ALL the mailboxes are read-only on roundcube/imap and any user must NOT delete the messages. ... so I configured dovecot's ALC following the guide "https://wiki2.dovecot.org/ACL" I think I did everything correctly and I don't get errors but entering the webmail roundcube I CAN DELETE MESSAGES ..... it seems that the acl have no effect .... added to the dovecot configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf ______________________________________ .... plugin { acl = vfile: / etc / dovecot / dovecot-acl } ..... protocol imap { mail_plugins = $ mail_plugins imap_acl } mail_plugins = acl ..... ______________________________________ created the "global" file /etc/dovecot/dovecot-acl and inserted that the test user has only lookup and reading rights (lr): * user=test(a)test.com lr ______________________________________ my dovecot.conf ********************************* listen = *,[::] protocols = imap pop3 auth_mechanisms = plain login disable_plaintext_auth = no log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " mail_privileged_group = vmail ssl_cert = </etc/postfix/smtpd.cert ssl_key = </etc/postfix/smtpd.key ssl_protocols = !SSLv3 passdb { args = /etc/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } userdb { driver = prefetch } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } plugin { acl = vfile:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-acl quota = dict:user::file:/var/vmail/%d/%n/.quotausage sieve=/var/vmail/%d/%n/.sieve } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vmail mode = 0600 user = vmail } user = root } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0600 user = postfix } } service imap-login { client_limit = 1000 process_limit = 500 } protocol imap { mail_plugins = $mail_plugins imap_acl mail_plugins = quota imap_quota } protocol pop3 { pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv mail_plugins = quota } protocol lda { mail_plugins = sieve quota postmaster_address = root@localhost } protocol lmtp { postmaster_address = admin(a)htmlservices.it mail_plugins = quota sieve } mail_plugins = $mail_plugins quota mail_plugins = acl ********************************* my dovecot-acl ********************************* * user=test(a)test.com lr ********************************* "debug" ********************************* [root@archivio ~]# doveadm -Dv acl debug -u test(a)test.com INBOX Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib64/dovecot Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/lib01_acl_plugin.so Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib64/dovecot/doveadm Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_acl_plugin.so Debug: Skipping module doveadm_expire_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib64/dovecot/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_expire_plugin.so: undefined symbol: expire_set_deinit (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) Debug: Skipping module doveadm_quota_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib64/dovecot/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_quota_plugin.so: undefined symbol: quota_user_module (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_sieve_plugin.so Debug: Skipping module doveadm_fts_lucene_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib64/dovecot/doveadm/lib20_doveadm_fts_lucene_plugin.so: undefined symbol: lucene_index_iter_deinit (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) Debug: Skipping module doveadm_fts_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib64/dovecot/doveadm/lib20_doveadm_fts_plugin.so: undefined symbol: fts_user_get_language_list (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) Debug: Skipping module doveadm_mail_crypt_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib64/dovecot/doveadm/libdoveadm_mail_crypt_plugin.so: undefined symbol: mail_crypt_box_get_pvt_digests (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) doveadm(test(a)test.com): Debug: Added userdb setting: mail=maildir:/var/vmail/test.com/test/Maildir doveadm(test(a)test.com): Debug: Added userdb setting: plugin/quota_rule=*:storage=0B doveadm(test(a)test.com): Debug: Added userdb setting: plugin/sieve=/var/vmail/test.com/test/.sieve doveadm(test(a)test.com): Debug: Effective uid=5000, gid=5000, home=/var/vmail/test.com/test doveadm(test(a)test.com): Debug: acl: No acl_shared_dict setting - shared mailbox listing is disabled doveadm(test(a)test.com): Debug: maildir++: root=/var/vmail/test.com/test/Maildir, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=/var/vmail/test.com/test/Maildir, alt= doveadm(test(a)test.com): Debug: acl: initializing backend with data: vfile:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-acl doveadm(test(a)test.com): Debug: acl: acl username = test(a)test.com doveadm(test(a)test.com): Debug: acl: owner = 1 doveadm(test(a)test.com): Debug: acl vfile: Global ACL file: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-acl doveadm(test(a)test.com): Info: Mailbox 'INBOX' is in namespace '' doveadm(test(a)test.com): Info: Mailbox path: /var/vmail/test.com/test/Maildir doveadm(test(a)test.com): Info: All message flags are shared across users in mailbox doveadm(test(a)test.com): Debug: Mailbox 'INBOX' matches global ACL pattern '*' doveadm(test(a)test.com): Debug: Mailbox 'INBOX' matches global ACL pattern '*' doveadm(test(a)test.com): Debug: Mailbox 'INBOX' matches global ACL pattern '*' doveadm(test(a)test.com): Debug: acl vfile: file /var/vmail/test.com/test/Maildir/dovecot-acl not found doveadm(test(a)test.com): Info: User test(a)test.com has rights: lookup read doveadm(test(a)test.com): Info: Mailbox in user's private namespace doveadm(test(a)test.com): Info: Mailbox INBOX is visible in LIST [root@archivio ~]# ********************************* if I see the line "Info: User test(a)test.com has rights: lookup read" it seems that the ACL (lookup and read) are correctly applied, but as I was saying above, entering the user test(a)test.com on the webmail, I can do everything I want to also delete the e-mails ..... these are days I try to understand but I don't understand what I'm wrong and how to solve .... thank you all in advance

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Re: Best mail encryption solution for per-user
by Aki Tuomi 12 Jul '19

12 Jul '19

On 27.05.2018 21:16, mail(a)sjemm.net wrote: > May 27, 2018 8:52 AM, "Aki Tuomi" <aki.tuomi(a)dovecot.fi> wrote: >>> On 26 May 2018 at 10:36 mail(a)sjemm.net wrote: >>> >>> May 23, 2018 10:10 AM, mail(a)sjemm.net wrote: >>> May 23, 2018 9:46 AM, "Aki Tuomi" <aki.tuomi(a)dovecot.fi> wrote: >>> >>> On 23.05.2018 10:15, mail(a)sjemm.net wrote: >>> >>> May 23, 2018 8:31 AM, "Aki Tuomi" <aki.tuomi(a)dovecot.fi> wrote: >>> >>> On 23.05.2018 09:13, mail(a)sjemm.net wrote: >>> May 20, 2018 8:01 PM, mail(a)sjemm.net wrote: >>> May 20, 2018 2:47 PM, "Aki Tuomi" <aki.tuomi(a)dovecot.fi> wrote: >>> On 19 May 2018 at 16:40 mail(a)sjemm.net wrote: >>> >>> May 18, 2018 10:01 PM, "Aki Tuomi" <aki.tuomi(a)dovecot.fi> wrote: >>> On 18 May 2018 at 21:44 mail(a)sjemm.net wrote: >>> >>> May 18, 2018 4:43 PM, "Aki Tuomi" <aki.tuomi(a)dovecot.fi> wrote: >>> On 18 May 2018 at 17:38 mail(a)sjemm.net wrote: >>> >>> May 18, 2018 4:05 PM, "Aki Tuomi" <aki.tuomi(a)dovecot.fi> wrote: >>> On 18 May 2018 at 16:43 mail(a)sjemm.net wrote: >>> >>> Hi Tai74 and Aki, >>> I followed your conversation with interest on how to setup per user encryption in dovecot. >>> I have setup my dovecot with the following in a conf file: >>> >>> ============== >>> >>> mail_attribute_dict = file:%h/Maildir/dovecot-attributes >>> mail_plugins = $mail_plugins mail_crypt >>> plugin { >>> >>> mail_crypt_curve = secp521r1 >>> >>> mail_crypt_save_version = 2 >>> >>> } >>> >>> ============== >>> >>> This works nice, all emails are being encrypted and every user/folder has keys. >>> But as I understood from your conversation these keys are not protected. And I want them to be >>> protected by the users password used by imap. >>> >>> Those passwords are stored in a mysql DB file. ( I used a guide from workaround [dot] org to set up >>> the DB and postfix/dovecot) >>> >>> but how would i set it so, that the users password from the DB is used to encrypt the keys? >>> >>> should i use mail_crypt_private_password = ? >>> how do i point it to the mysql db then? >>> im unsure about this >>> >>> Do you have any hints on this? >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> Zjemm >>> >>> The passwords in your MySQL database are, hopefully, not in plaintext. If you want to secure your >>> user's keys using user's login password, you must have a TOOL that manages this. >>> >>> You can use mail_crypt_private_password = %w in (mysql) passdb fields to provide the user's login >>> password as private password. You might want to run it thru some hash, so %{sha1:password} might be >>> a good option. >>> >>> You can change the key password using 'doveadm mailbox cryptokey', this needs to be done every time >>> user changes his password. >>> >>> Also note that if you go down this road, and the user forgets his password, you will not be able to >>> recover the emails without backup copy of the private key. >>> >>> Aki >>> >>> Hi Aki >>> >>> I used the following command: >>> dovecot pw -s SHA256-CRYPT >>> >>> the output on the chosen password looks like: {SHA256-CRYPT}$5$Rokc06a7In4SF3bO$OQpGQWqg........ >>> >>> This output is used to store in the password fields in the database. So no plain text passwords no >>> :) >>> >>> You can use mail_crypt_private_password = %w in (mysql) passdb fields to provide the user's login >>> password as private password. >>> >>> can you explain this a bit more for me? >>> >>> for now i have in the 10-auth.conf file the following: >>> ============== >>> passdb { >>> driver = sql >>> >>> # Path for SQL configuration file, see example-config/dovecot-sql.conf.ext >>> args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext >>> } >>> >>> and: >>> >>> userdb { >>> driver = static >>> args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/vmail/%d/%n >>> } >>> ============== >>> >>> then i have in dovecot-sql.conf.ext >>> ============== >>> driver = mysql >>> connect = host=x.x.x.x dbname=mailserver user=mailuser password=mailpasswordexample >>> default_pass_scheme = SHA256-CRYPT >>> password_query = SELECT email as user, password FROM virtual_users WHERE email='%u'; >>> ============== >>> Where do i need to set : mail_crypt_private_password = %w ? >>> >>> password as private password. You might want to run it thru some hash, so %{sha1:password} might be >>> a good option. >>> >>> the passwords are allready hashed in the DB using: dovecot pw -s SHA256-CRYPT to genereate the has. >>> so this step isnt nesesary anymore am i right? >>> >>> Thank you for your quick response, very helpfull >>> >>> Zjemm >>> >>> You misunderstood a bit. The idea is to use the *plaintext* password as the password for the >>> private key. Otherwise anyone could just decrypt it by looking at your database where the hashed >>> password is.. >>> >>> So: >>> >>> password_query = SELECT email as user, password, '%w' AS userdb_mail_crypt_private_password FROM >>> virtual_users WHERE email='%u' >>> >>> Aki >>> >>> Hi Aki, >>> >>> Thank you very much for your help, i realy appreciate that. >>> >>> Ok so if i understand it correctly i'll have to use: >>> >>> password_query = SELECT email as user, password, '%w' AS userdb_mail_crypt_private_password FROM >>> virtual_users WHERE email='%u' >>> >>> in my dovecot-sql.conf.ext file >>> >>> This query selects the user, the password, and %w >>> >>> if i run a little query myself: >>> MariaDB [mailserver]> SELECT email as user, password, '%w' AS userdb_mail_crypt_private_password >>> FROM virtual_users; >>> +------------------+----------------------------------+------------------------------------+ >>> | user | password | userdb_mail_crypt_private_password | >>> +------------------+----------------------------------+------------------------------------+ >>> | john(a)example.org | {SHA256-CRYPT}$5$M/GWzmtjsLroRWI | %w | >>> +------------------+----------------------------------+------------------------------------+ >>> >>> %w is a dovecot variable, and stands for the plaintext password, but the password is not stored as >>> plaintext in the DB, %w get filled with the actual plaintext password by dovecot upon the user that >>> is typing in the password when authenticating. >>> >>> is this correct? >>> >>> yes. >>> >>> so then i have the username the hashed password en the plaintext password as a result of the query. >>> >>> yes >>> >>> now userdb_mail_crypt_private_password = the plaintext password >>> do i need to reference it somewhere? or is userdb_mail_crypt_private_password autmatically used by >>> the dovecot mail_crypt plugin to encrypt the keys? or should it be mail_crypt_private_password? >>> >>> It gets injected into the mail process as 'mail_crypt_private_password', as if it was set in plugin >>> {} section. >>> >>> if i have this setup working i'm going to write a blog post on this topic to share this knowledge >>> >>> Thanks again and have a great weekend. >>> >>> Zjemm >>> >>> Aki >>> >>> Hi Aki, >>> >>> Cool i'm testing it right now. >>> I have set up a new mailserver (life is great with lxc containers :) ) >>> >>> postfix and dovecot are working like normal >>> >>> next i enable mail_crypt >>> >>> i did create a file: /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mailcrypt.conf >>> ========================== >>> mail_attribute_dict = file:%h/Maildir/dovecot-attributes >>> >>> mail_plugins = $mail_plugins mail_crypt >>> >>> plugin { >>> mail_crypt_curve = secp521r1 >>> mail_crypt_save_version = 2 >>> } >>> ========================== >>> >>> and then i changed the file: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext >>> >>> so the query is now the new query: >>> password_query = SELECT email as user, password, '%w' AS userdb_mail_crypt_private_password FROM >>> virtual_users WHERE email='%u'; >>> >>> then i restarted dovecot and postfix and send a test email to the one and only testuser that is in >>> there. >>> >>> when i open the mailbox with the tool mutt, i can see the new email, and when openening the email >>> the mutt client drops the connection. >>> >>> in the log i can see: >>> >>> May 19 13:34:48 mailserver1.example.local dovecot[600]: imap-login: Login: user=<john(a)example.org>, >>> method=PLAIN, rip=::1, lip=::1, mpid=713, TLS, session=<E3PnIY9sNM4AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB> >>> May 19 13:34:49 mailserver1.example.local dovecot[600]: imap(john(a)example.org): Error: read() >>> failed: >>> read(/var/vmail/example.org/john/Maildir/cur/1526736378.M161472P641.mailser…, >>> =571:2,) failed: Private key not available: Cannot decrypt key >>> bfc5bb25b1bf64290eea6dc14b516c6a0a25b64551b6e4f0f8677ba7274887cb: error:03070068:bignum >>> routines:BN_mpi2bn:encoding error (FETCH BODY[] for mailbox INBOX UID 8) >>> >>> i think i missed a step, but witch one? >>> >>> the userpassword hasnt been changed (that would be the next step in the testing process) >>> >>> should i've use doveadm first to encrypt the key with that userpassword? i thought it would do that >>> on the fly, because the initial keys where only just created when enabling the mail_crypt plugin >>> >>> please let me know your thougts >>> Zjemm >>> I noticed you replied directly to me, and not to the list, too... fixed that for you. >>> >>> mail_crypt_private_password is used when key is created, but if you have created it before using >>> password, you'll need to encrypt it before turning the setting on. >>> >>> Aki >>> Hi, Ok i'm sorry about that, thank you for fixing that. i'm a bit new to mailing lists :) >>> >>> are you a dovecot devoloper? or a enthusiastic user? >>> >>> anyway, i managed to get it working now with all your help :) >>> >>> to start fresh i did a: >>> rm -rf /var/vmail/example.org >>> >>> so all email is gone, and i assume all dovecot keys are gone that way. >>> >>> Then i tried to set a password first: >>> >>> root@mailserver1:/var/vmail# doveadm mailbox cryptokey password -u john(a)example.org -n summersun >>> result: Changed password for 0 key(s) >>> >>> (summersun = the password for this user) >>> >>> but then it says there are 0 keys, so then i send the test user an email and try to open the >>> mailbox, i'll get: >>> >>> imap(john(a)example.org): Error: read() failed: >>> read(/var/vmail/example.org/john/Maildir/cur/1526827992.M149712P883.mailser…, >>> =561:2,) failed: Private key not available: Cannot decrypt key >>> 71849013a70b0c631c06112077e7c2fe39b0b2737b4933b219793841209d4e7f: error:03070068:bignum >>> routines:BN_mpi2bn:encoding error >>> >>> but hey, now the key's are created, so i tried to set the password again: >>> >>> root@mailserver1:/var/vmail# doveadm mailbox cryptokey password -u john(a)example.org -n summersun >>> result: dcrypt_key_load_private(787701bd677dd69a26842547a3926cbaa625b0b5a91751f06678c3e9708343d9) >>> failed: password missing >>> ========= >>> >>> Lets start over again, i did a new: >>> rm -rf /var/vmail/example.org >>> >>> i disabled the mail_crypt_private_password in the sql query and send an email to the test user. >>> now again new keys are generated. >>> >>> then i did set the password via doveadm: >>> >>> root@mailserver1:/var/vmail# doveadm mailbox cryptokey password -u john(a)example.org -n summersun >>> result: Changed password for 1 key(s) >>> >>> i enabled the mail_crypt_private_password again in the sql query part and now it works :) >>> >>> YESSS!!! >>> >>> if i now change the password for the user, i cannot read the email anymore. that is what should >>> happen. >>> so now i changed the password for this user also with doveadm: >>> - doveadm mailbox cryptokey password -u john(a)example.org -n qwerty -o summersun >>> >>> and now i'm able to read the emails again. so it all works now as expected. >>> >>> i have now only one thing remaining. >>> >>> when i want to add a new user, i have to somehow: >>> - create the new user in the mysql DB >>> - start with dovecot not using mail_crypt_private_password (so disabled) >>> - send an initial email to let the users mailbox be created and generate the keys >>> - set the users password with doveadm >>> - restart dovecot again with mail_crypt_private_password (so enabled) >>> >>> but this would be disruptive to existing users, and i would have to script the whole thing as a >>> "add-new-user" script to make it usable i guess. >>> >>> do you know of a more easy way of acomplishing this? >>> could i use doveadm for all steps, and get around the mail_crypt_private_password disable part? >>> >>> or could i add a column in the mysql db called userdb_mail_crypt_private_password and fill that >>> column with %w for users that allready exist, and empty for new users. >>> when being empty, it might not set the mail_crypt_private_password for new users >>> >>> or is this the wrong way of thinking? >>> >>> let me know your thoughts on this. >>> >>> And last but not least, i really want to thank you for all your help. It is a really nice >>> experience. >>> Bless you! >>> >>> Zjemm >>> Hi Aki, >>> >>> You did fix the posting on the mail archive, i can see our conversation on there, all but the last >>> email i send to you. >>> Maybe you did not received the last email? >>> >>> would you be willing to take a look at my last question in the email See below: >>> Thank you very much. >>> >>> ================================ >>> i have now only one thing remaining. >>> >>> when i want to add a new user, i have to somehow: >>> - create the new user in the mysql DB >>> - start with dovecot not using mail_crypt_private_password (so disabled) >>> - send an initial email to let the users mailbox be created and generate the keys >>> - set the users password with doveadm >>> - restart dovecot again with mail_crypt_private_password (so enabled) >>> >>> but this would be disruptive to existing users, and i would have to script the whole thing as a >>> "add-new-user" script to make it usable i guess. >>> >>> do you know of a more easy way of acomplishing this? >>> could i use doveadm for all steps, and get around the mail_crypt_private_password disable part? >>> >>> or could i add a column in the mysql db called userdb_mail_crypt_private_password and fill that >>> column with %w for users that allready exist, and empty for new users. >>> when being empty, it might not set the mail_crypt_private_password for new users >>> >>> or is this the wrong way of thinking? >>> >>> let me know your thoughts on this. >>> >>> And last but not least, i really want to thank you for all your help. It is a really nice >>> experience. >>> Bless you! >>> >>> Zjemm >>> >>> If you have mail_crypt_private_password set *when* keys are generated, >>> dovecot should use that password to encrypt the user key. >>> >>> Aki >>> Hi Aki, >>> >>> well, if there is a new email user setup in the mysql DB, and no email has been send to that new >>> user. at that point there are no keys. >>> >>> So trying to set a password on those key's wont work. see: >>> root@mailserver1:/var/vmail/example.org# doveadm mailbox cryptokey password -u john2(a)example.org -n >>> qwerty >>> result: Changed password for 0 key(s) >>> >>> the keys need to be generated first. And that only happens when sending a mail to that new user. >>> Also, at the point of creating the keys, the mail_crypt_private_password should be disabled >>> otherwise the keys are generated and also encrypted with no user password, and then im unable to >>> set a new pasword for that key >>> >>> How can i set the password before the keys are generated? >>> or can i manually generate key's and then set the password? >>> >>> so at this point i have to do the following: >>> >>> You can use doveadm mailbox cryptokey generate -u user -U >>> >>> to generate a user key. >>> >>> Aki >>> >>> - create the new user in the mysql DB >>> - start with dovecot not using mail_crypt_private_password (so disabled) >>> - send an initial email to let the users mailbox be created and generate the keys >>> - set the users password with doveadm >>> - restart dovecot again with mail_crypt_private_password (so enabled) >>> can i somehow enable the mail_crypt_private_password per user? >>> because this mysql query always returns: %w >>> and thus allways sets: userdb_mail_crypt_private_password >>> SELECT email as user, password, '%w' AS userdb_mail_crypt_private_password FROM virtual_users; >>> >>> Hi Aki, >>> >>> You are correct >>> >>> doveadm mailbox cryptokey generate -u user -U generates the keys, but i have to first remove: >>> '%w' AS userdb_mail_crypt_private_password >>> from dovecot configuration and restart dovecot. >>> >>> if i don't do that, the keys are generated, but also somehow encrypted using: no >>> password/empty/something else (i don't know) >>> >>> here you can see that happening: >>> >>> root@mailserver1:/var/vmail/example.org# doveadm mailbox cryptokey generate -u john2(a)example.org -U >>> Folder Public ID >>> ✓ <userkey> 53004acf9886f887ca081c83d7392a5aa3fac4b5a20ce013db91a341fb4644c4 >>> root@mailserver1:/var/vmail/example.org# doveadm mailbox cryptokey password -u john2(a)example.org -n >>> qwerty >>> result: dcrypt_key_load_private(53004acf9886f887ca081c83d7392a5aa3fac4b5a20ce013db91a341fb4644c4) >>> failed: password missing >>> >>> it expects an old password wich is never set in my opinion. >>> >>> so the last part of this setup would be to figure out a way to disable '%w' AS >>> userdb_mail_crypt_private_password for new users without manually removing that part from the query >>> and restarting dovecot. As that would mean connection interruption while adding new users >>> >>> if we could add new users to the DB and somehow not give '%w' AS userdb_mail_crypt_private_password >>> for that new user in the query, we can add the password afterward, and then enable '%w' AS >>> userdb_mail_crypt_private_password in the query for this user >>> >>> could we add a column in the user db lets say called: encrypted (yes/no) >>> >>> and then change the existing query: SELECT email as user, password, '%w' AS >>> userdb_mail_crypt_private_password FROM virtual_users; >>> >>> to firrt check if encryption is set to 'yes', if so retrun: >>> SELECT email as user, password, '%w' AS userdb_mail_crypt_private_password FROM virtual_users; >>> >>> if not return: >>> SELECT email as user, password FROM virtual_users; >>> >>> but then in one mysql query so dovecot can work with it >>> >>> ? >>> >>> Hi Aki, >>> >>> would you be willing to respond to my last question i had send to you last week? >>> its this one: >>> ================================== >>> doveadm mailbox cryptokey generate -u user -U generates the keys, but i have to first remove: >>> '%w' AS userdb_mail_crypt_private_password >>> from dovecot configuration and restart dovecot. >>> >>> if i don't do that, the keys are generated, but also somehow encrypted using: no >>> password/empty/something else (i don't know) >>> >>> here you can see that happening: >>> >>> root@mailserver1:/var/vmail/example.org# doveadm mailbox cryptokey generate -u john2(a)example.org -U >>> Folder Public ID >>> ✓ <userkey> 53004acf9886f887ca081c83d7392a5aa3fac4b5a20ce013db91a341fb4644c4 >>> root@mailserver1:/var/vmail/example.org# doveadm mailbox cryptokey password -u john2(a)example.org -n >>> qwerty >>> result: dcrypt_key_load_private(53004acf9886f887ca081c83d7392a5aa3fac4b5a20ce013db91a341fb4644c4) >>> failed: password missing >>> >>> it expects an old password wich is never set in my opinion. >>> >>> could this be a bug? or am i doing it wrong? if needed i could send in a bug report? >>> >>> or might we need to enable the userdb_mail_crypt_private_password "per user" ? >>> >>> so the last part of this setup would be to figure out a way to disable '%w' AS >>> userdb_mail_crypt_private_password for new users without manually removing that part from the query >>> and restarting dovecot. As that would mean connection interruption while adding new users >>> >>> if we could add new users to the DB and somehow not give '%w' AS userdb_mail_crypt_private_password >>> for that new user in the query, we can add the password afterward, and then enable '%w' AS >>> userdb_mail_crypt_private_password in the query for this user >>> >>> could we add a column in the user db lets say called: encrypted (yes/no) >>> >>> and then change the existing query: SELECT email as user, password, '%w' AS >>> userdb_mail_crypt_private_password FROM virtual_users; >>> >>> to firrt check if encryption is set to 'yes', if so retrun: >>> SELECT email as user, password, '%w' AS userdb_mail_crypt_private_password FROM virtual_users; >>> >>> if not return: >>> SELECT email as user, password FROM virtual_users; >>> >>> but then in one mysql query so dovecot can work with it >>> >>> Please let me know your thougts, after this last thing im done :) >>> also let me know if i can support this project in some way, im willing to contribute >>> >>> Zjemm >> You can select it as userdb_mail_crypt_save_version=0 to disable encryption (it won't disable >> decryption). You can use value '2' for enabling encryption. DO NOT USE 1. >> >> Also I tried the SQL based thing, and if you had EMPTY mail_crypt_private_password, try these to >> change the password. If the one that works is the second one, let me know =) >> >> doveadm mailbox cryptokey password -u testuser -nnewpass -o "" >> >> doveadm mailbox cryptokey password -u testuser -nnewpass -o "yes" >> >> Aki > Hi Aki, > > Thanks for replying > > So if i understand you correctly i could enable encryption per user by using: userdb_mail_crypt_save_version= in the database as an extra column. the column would be called "userdb_mail_crypt_save_version" and the value is "0" or "2" > > if a user has: userdb_mail_crypt_save_version=0, encryption is disabled for that user > if a user has: userdb_mail_crypt_save_version=2, encryption is enabled for that user > > would this also override the setting: mail_crypt_save_version = 2 > in the mailcryp.conf file where that is a global setting? or should i delete it there and only use userdb_mail_crypt_save_version= from the database? > > for the password set command i hve testest some things: > > new user with no keys yet: > doveadm -o plugin/mail_crypt_private_password=password mailbox cryptokey generate -u john2(a)example.org -U > > i can set a password with: > new password: > doveadm mailbox cryptokey password -u john2(a)example.org -n newpass -o password > > > if i do not use new user doveadm: (doveadm -o plugin/mail_crypt_private_password=password mailbox cryptokey generate -u john2(a)example.org -U) > then use this: > doveadm mailbox cryptokey password -u john2(a)example.org -n newpass -o "yes" > > > so yes it is the second one > > Kind regards, > > Zjemm It's unfortunate problem with 2.2 that it defaults empty userdb variables into yes. This has been remedied in 2.3. Unfortunately there is no clean fix to this, they all resort to various levels of trickery. Variables set in passdb/userdb overwrite the ones in plugin {} section. Aki

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