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[Dovecot] panic in dovecot when using fts with solr
by Andre Rodier 03 Mar '13

03 Mar '13

Hello All, I have a panic error in dovecot when I try to use the fts search with Solr. The version of dovecot I use is version 2.1 I have used a telnet session to search, but I don't know if this make a difference: telnet localhost imap Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] Dovecot ready. 1 login andre-rodier XXXXXXXXXX 1 OK [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 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS SPECIAL-USE SEARCH=FUZZY QUOTA ACL RIGHTS=texk] Logged in 2 select Inbox * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft NonJunk $labels_4f9cce7caf4df $Forwarded $MDNSent Junk $labels_50f53a5862fb9 $label2 $label1 $label4 $label3 announce announces $ulabels_50f548e03429e feedback) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft NonJunk $labels_4f9cce7caf4df $Forwarded $MDNSent Junk $labels_50f53a5862fb9 $label2 $label1 $label4 $label3 announce announces $ulabels_50f548e03429e feedback \*)] Flags permitted. * 2158 EXISTS * 0 RECENT * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1354776694] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 2568] Predicted next UID * OK [HIGHESTMODSEQ 9739] Highest 2 OK [READ-WRITE] Select completed. 3 search text Valentine * OK Searched 47% of the mailbox, ETA 0:10 * OK Searched 79% of the mailbox, ETA 0:05 * SEARCH 1120 1238 1279 1975 1990 1991 1992 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2058 2106 2107 2110 2151 3 OK Search completed (32.210 secs). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 2 22:48:02 lapetus dovecot: indexer-worker(andre rodier(a)indiefield.co.uk) Panic: file solr-connection.c: line 545 (solr_connection_post_more): assertion failed: (maxfd >= 0) Mar 2 22:48:02 lapetus dovecot: indexer-worker(andre rodier(a)indiefield.co.uk) Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x4414a) [0x7f5f4237214a] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x4418e) [0x7f5f4237218e] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_fatal+0) [0x7f5f4234982a] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib21_fts_solr_plugin.so(solr_connection_post_more+0x249) [0x7f5f402d48d9] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib21_fts_solr_plugin.so(+0x4ac7) [0x7f5f402d1ac7] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib20_fts_plugin.so(fts_build_mail+0x339) [0x7f5f408f1f19] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib20_fts_plugin.so(+0xc6e0) [0x7f5f408f66e0] -> dovecot/indexer-worker(+0x28d4) [0x7f5f42ae88d4] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_call_io+0x36) [0x7f5f4237f016] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run+0xa7) [0x7f5f4237fcc7] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_run+0x28) [0x7f5f4237ea28] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(master_service_run+0x13) [0x7f5f4236b483] -> dovecot/indexer-worker(main+0xfe) [0x7f5f42ae834e] -> /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7f5f41fc2ead] -> dovecot/indexer-worker(+0x23f5) [0x7f5f42ae83f5] Mar 2 22:48:02 lapetus dovecot: indexer: Error: Indexer worker disconnected, discarding 1 requests for andre rodier(a)indiefield.co.uk Mar 2 22:48:02 lapetus dovecot: imap(andre rodier(a)indiefield.co.uk) Error: indexer failed to index mailbox INBOX Mar 2 22:48:02 lapetus dovecot: indexer-worker(andre rodier(a)indiefield.co.uk) Fatal: master: service(indexer-worker): child 19644 killed with signal 6 (core dumps disabled) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Regards, Andre

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[Dovecot] Error delivery
by Fabian von Romberg 02 Mar '13

02 Mar '13

Hi all, Im getting the following error when an email is to be delivered. Below error message: relay=dovecot, delay=4912, delays=4911/0.03/0/0.69, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (Command died with signal 11: "/usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver") Can anyone please address me where the problem might be? Thanks in advance and regards, Fabian

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[Dovecot] [OT] NJABL
by Noel Butler 02 Mar '13

02 Mar '13

If you are using this DNSBL in your MTA, best remove it, it's no more.

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[Dovecot] v2.2.rc2 released
by Timo Sirainen 02 Mar '13

02 Mar '13

http://dovecot.org/releases/2.2/rc/dovecot-2.2.rc2.tar.gz http://dovecot.org/releases/2.2/rc/dovecot-2.2.rc2.tar.gz.sig Looks like the last changes I did today just before rc1 release made it just about unusable. This one is actually running on my servers. :)

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[Dovecot] how to talk with doveadmin unix socket
by Piotr Rotter 02 Mar '13

02 Mar '13

Hello, I would like to get mailbox quota by doveadm unix socket (/var/run/dovecor/doveadm-server). I get from strace syntax of comunication: write(9, "VERSION\t1\t0\nUSER\t1\tpiotr.rotter(a)active24.pl\tservice=doveadm\n", 60) = 60 read(9, "VERSION\t1\t1\nSPID\t20805\n", 8192) = 23 read(9, "USER\t1\tpiotr.rotter@active24.pl\temail=piotr.rotter@active24.pl\tclear=7T33z456\thome=/vm/08/A/active24.pl/piotr.rotter/\tuid=502\tgid=502\tquota_rule=*:storage=2097152000B\tquota_rule2=*:messages=50000\n", 8169) = 196 and I wrote super simple client in php: <?php $sock = stream_socket_client('unix:///var/run/dovecot/doveadm-server', $errno, $errstr); fwrite($sock, "VERSION\t1\t0\nUSER\t1\tpiotr.rotter(a)active24.pl\tservice=doveadm\n"); echo fread($sock, 4096)."\n"; echo fread($sock, 4096)."\n"; fclose($sock); ?> But i get only "+" sign and line in errorlog as below: 2013-02-28T00:39:56.377437+01:00 kurier9 dovecot: doveadm: Error: doveadm client not compatible with this server (mixed old and new binaries?) I would be very grateful for your help with this problem, what I doing wrong. My current dovecot version is 2.1.13

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Re: [Dovecot] IMAP folders sort order
by Valery V. Sedletski 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

>> >> But I tried to create a fresh account in Dovecot (not migrated from >> Courier), and it >> still shows a intermixed folder order: >> >> a list "" * >> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Spam" >> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Sent" >> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Drafts" >> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Trash" >> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "INBOX" >> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Pub" >> a OK List completed. > >Why does this matter? IMAP does NOT enforce any sort of required >sorting order, and no IMAP client can assume a sort order. So >enforcing a sort order on the server is just a waste of resources. > Just a cosmetic problem, of course. Some IMAP clients do sort folders, others do not, so they show different folder sort order in Dovecot, if migrated from Courier (Courier seems to sort folders, so that the system ones appear first). We just needed a seamless migration. >FWIW, this is completely legal IMAP output also (albeit inefficient): > >a list "" * >* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Spam" >* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Sent" >* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Spam" >* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Spam" >* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Drafts" >* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Trash" >* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Spam" >* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Spam" >* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Spam" >* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Spam" >* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "INBOX" >* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Pub" >a OK List completed. > So, it is legal to even list each folder several times? >michael WBR, valerius

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[Dovecot] No NTLM with PAM after upgrade
by Phil Quesinberry 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

After updating From Dovecot 1.07 (included with CentOS 5) to 2.11, NTLM authentication will not work. Attempts to authenticate against Samba version 4.0.4-GIT-20cb7de also fail with 'auth: Info: winbind(?,192.168.2.100): user not authenticated: NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL', despite the fact that the same user can sign on to the Samba domain and access files. What I'm really trying to understand here though is why version 1.07 would do NTLM with PAM just fine, but later versions I've tried will not. After failing to get later versions to work, I decided to see if I could at least get them to do NTLM by authenticating against a Samba domain but that won't work either. 1.07 did NTLM just fine authenticating against a system user account with PAM, as demonstrated by the following excerpt from the log: dovecot: Feb 06 12:46:59 Info: imap-login: Login: user=<pquesinb>, method=NTLM, rip=192.168.2.100, lip=192.168.2.102 dovecot: Feb 06 12:46:59 Info: imap-login: Login: user=<pquesinb>, method=NTLM, rip=192.168.2.100, lip=192.168.2.102 dovecot: Feb 06 12:47:42 Info: IMAP(pquesinb): Disconnected: Logged out dovecot: Feb 06 12:47:42 Info: IMAP(pquesinb): Disconnected: Logged out dovecot: Feb 06 12:48:03 Info: imap-login: Login: user=<pquesinb>, method=NTLM, rip=192.168.2.100, lip=192.168.2.102 dovecot: Feb 06 12:48:03 Info: imap-login: Login: user=<pquesinb>, method=NTLM, rip=192.168.2.100, lip=192.168.2.102 dovecot: Feb 06 12:48:44 Info: IMAP(pquesinb): Disconnected: Logged out dovecot: Feb 06 12:48:44 Info: IMAP(pquesinb): Disconnected: Logged out Authentication settings for 1.07 were as follows (excerpt from -n output, see below for full output): auth default: mechanisms: ntlm plain passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/dovecot.users passdb: driver: pam args: cache_key=%u dovecot userdb: driver: passwd Since 1.07 was such an old version, I first tried updating to 1.2.17 and lost the ability to do NTLM authentication with the same settings: Feb 06 16:09:32 dovecot: Info: Dovecot v1.2.17 starting up (core dumps disabled) Feb 06 16:09:46 auth(default): Info: password(pquesinb,192.168.2.100): Requested NTLM scheme, but we have a NULL password Feb 06 16:09:53 auth(default): Info: password(pquesinb,192.168.2.100): Requested NTLM scheme, but we have a NULL password Feb 06 16:10:05 imap-login: Info: Disconnected (auth failed, 2 attempts): user=<pquesinb>, method=NTLM, rip=192.168.2.100, lip=192.168.2.102 Feb 06 16:11:54 auth(default): Info: password(pquesinb,192.168.2.100): Requested NTLM scheme, but we have a NULL password Feb 06 16:12:04 auth(default): Info: password(pquesinb,192.168.2.100): Requested NTLM scheme, but we have a NULL password Feb 06 16:12:16 imap-login: Info: Disconnected (auth failed, 2 attempts): user=<pquesinb>, method=NTLM, rip=192.168.2.100, lip=192.168.2.102 Next I decided to try 2.x and since I had installed 1.2.17 from source, I thought it would be wise to install from an RPM which had been "blessed" for CentOS 5, so 2.1.1 was installed from the RPMs linked to on the Dovecot download site: http://dl.atrpms.net/all/dovecot-2.1.1-2_132.el5.x86_64.rpm Still no NTLM authentication with 2.x using PAM, so I decided to try authenticating against the Samba 4 domain using Samba's winbind daemon and ntlm_auth helper. That still doesn't work however, as seen by the following log excerpt but plaintext login which is also enabled, works: Feb 28 23:29:13 auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=18518) Feb 28 23:29:13 auth: Debug: client in: AUTH 1 NTLM service=imap lip=192.168.2.102 rip=192.168.2.100 lport=143 rport=4531 Feb 28 23:29:15 auth: Debug: client out: FAIL 1 Feb 28 23:29:15 auth: Debug: client in: AUTH 2 PLAIN service=imap lip=192.168.2.102 rip=192.168.2.100 lport=143 rport=4530 resp=AHBxdWVzaW5iAFN0ZXdCMHkv Feb 28 23:29:17 auth: Debug: client out: CONT 1 Feb 28 23:29:17 auth: Debug: client in: CONT 1 TlRMTVxxxxxxxAAAAB4IIogAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFASgKAAAADw== Feb 28 23:29:17 auth: Error: could not obtain winbind netbios name! Feb 28 23:29:17 auth: Error: could not obtain winbind domain name! Feb 28 23:29:17 auth: Debug: client out: CONT 1 TlRMTVNTUAACAAAAGAAYADgAAAAFxxxxxxxxxSsAAAAAAAAAAIoAigBQAAAABgEAAAAAAA9IAEUA UgBTAEMASABMxxxxxxxxxxUATgACABgASABFAFIAUwBDAEgATABBAFUAUgBFAE4AAQAOAFMARQBS AFYARQBSADEABAAgAGgAZQByAHMAYwBoAGwAYQB1AHIAZQBuAC4AYwBvAG0AAwAwAFMAZQByAHYA ZQByADEALgBoAGUAcgBzAGMAaABsAGEAdQByAGUAbgAuAGMAbwBtAAAAAAA= Feb 28 23:29:17 auth: Debug: client in: CONT 1 TlRMTVNTUAADAAAAGAAYAGoAAAC6ALoAggAAAAAAAABIAAAAEAAQAEgAAAASABIAWAAAAAAAAAAx xxxxxxxKIogUBKAoAAAAPcABxAHUAZQBzAGkAbgBiAFEAUwBFAC0AVwxxxxxxxx+cYeYzU98pxsa 17QyN6VD8kE2RibAjNedd/ooN2y4/uSr/ZQYxxxxxxxxxU1Fs4BjelQ/JBNkYkAAAAAAgAYAEgAR QBSAFMAQwBIAEwAQQBVAFIARQBOAAEADgBTAEUAUgBWAEUAUgAxAAQAIABoAGUAcgBzAGMAaABsA GEAdQBxxxxxxxxxxbwBtAAMAMABTAGUAcgB2AGUAcgAxAC4AaABlAHIAcwBjAGxxxxxxxxxxxxlA G4ALgBjAG8AbQAAAAAAAAAAAA== Feb 28 23:29:17 auth: Info: winbind(?,192.168.2.100): user not authenticated: NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL Feb 28 23:29:19 auth: Debug: cache(pquesinb,192.168.2.100): miss Feb 28 23:29:19 auth-worker(18524): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth Feb 28 23:29:19 auth: Debug: client out: FAIL 1 Feb 28 23:29:19 auth: Debug: client in: AUTH 2 PLAIN service=imap lip=192.168.2.102 rip=192.168.2.100 lport=143 rport=4531 resp=AHBxdWVzaW5iAFN0ZXdCMHkv Feb 28 23:29:19 auth-worker(18524): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_mysql.so Feb 28 23:29:19 auth-worker(18524): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_pgsql.so Feb 28 23:29:19 auth-worker(18524): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_sqlite.so Feb 28 23:29:19 auth-worker(18524): Debug: pam(pquesinb,192.168.2.100): lookup service=dovecot Feb 28 23:29:19 auth-worker(18524): Debug: pam(pquesinb,192.168.2.100): #1/1 style=1 msg=Password: Feb 28 23:29:19 auth: Debug: client out: OK 2 user=pquesinb Feb 28 23:29:19 auth: Debug: master in: REQUEST 751435777 18513 2 db445872b80e33772b5f0d35d50af3d1 Feb 28 23:29:19 auth: Debug: userdb-cache(pquesinb,192.168.2.100): miss Feb 28 23:29:19 auth: Debug: passwd(pquesinb,192.168.2.100): lookup Feb 28 23:29:19 auth: Debug: master out: USER 751435777 pquesinb system_groups_user=pquesinb uid=507 gid=508 home=/home/pquesinb Feb 28 23:29:19 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<pquesinb>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.2.100, lip=192.168.2.102, mpid=18526 Feb 28 23:29:27 auth: Debug: cache(pquesinb,192.168.2.100): hit: {SHA1}+2ZUmdHOxxxxxxxxxxxxOLinOC0= user=pquesinb user=pquesinb Feb 28 23:29:27 auth: Debug: client out: OK 2 user=pquesinb Feb 28 23:29:27 auth: Debug: master in: REQUEST 3169320961 18518 2 6bd7b4fd283994029394360a2f5b4048 Feb 28 23:29:27 auth: Debug: userdb-cache(pquesinb,192.168.2.100): hit: pquesinb system_groups_user=pquesinb uid=507 gid=508 home=/home/pquesinb Feb 28 23:29:27 auth: Debug: master out: USER 3169320961 pquesinb system_groups_user=pquesinb uid=507 gid=508 home=/home/pquesinb Feb 28 23:29:27 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<pquesinb>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.2.100, lip=192.168.2.102, mpid=18531 Feb 28 23:30:00 imap(pquesinb): Info: Disconnected: Logged out in=861 out=31433 Feb 28 23:30:00 imap(pquesinb): Info: Disconnected: Logged out in=120 out=739 Here is the -n output for both 2.11 and 1.07, login/mail executables and plugins are present within the configured paths for both versions: Config output for 2.11: [root@Server1 log]# dovecot -n # 2.1.1: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-348.1.1.el5.centos.plusxen x86_64 CentOS release 5.9 (Final) auth_cache_size = 16 M auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_mechanisms = ntlm plain auth_use_winbind = yes auth_verbose = yes disable_plaintext_auth = no info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log listen = * log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir maildir_very_dirty_syncs = yes passdb { args = cache_key=%u dovecot driver = pam } passdb { driver = shadow } protocols = imap pop3 service auth { executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/auth user = root } service imap-login { client_limit = 256 executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login process_limit = 128 user = dovecot vsz_limit = 64 M } service imap { executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap process_limit = 64 } service pop3-login { client_limit = 256 process_limit = 128 user = dovecot vsz_limit = 64 M } service pop3 { process_limit = 64 } ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = mail_plugin_dir = /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap } protocol pop3 { pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } protocol lda { mail_plugin_dir = /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lda } Here is the config output from the 1.07 version, which worked: [root@Server1 init.d]# dovecot107 -n # 1.0.7: /etc/dovecot.conf login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib64/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib64/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib64/dovecot/pop3 auth default: mechanisms: ntlm plain passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/dovecot.users passdb: driver: pam args: cache_key=%u dovecot userdb: driver: passwd I'm fairly new to Dovecot, so if someone out there could at least point me in the right direction in order to help me better understand why things aren't working with the newer versions I would really appreciate it. Many thanks, Phil Quesinberry Q Systems Engineering, Inc. Embedded Systems Hardware/Software Development and VoIP Business Telephone Hosting Improve your business telephone services and save money (410) 969-8002 http://www.qsystemsengineering.com

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[Dovecot] Maildir Control files and quota
by Tabbed Out 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

Hello all, the dovecot wiki recommended that the index and control files for maildir be placed on a partition which does not have a quota. I have a VPS which gives me 20 gigs of space. Since space is tight, is there some way to calculate how much space the partition needs for the control and index files? Would 1 gig be sufficient in the long run?

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[Dovecot] postfix, dovecot, samba, winbind
by Denis Witt 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

Hello List, we're currently working on the migration of our LDAP/Samba3-Domain to Samba4-Active-Directory. So far everything works fine. Postfix can deliver Mails using ProxyAddresses-Information from the AD and Dovecot delivers the mail. Unfortunately when Postfix tells Dovecot to deliver the mail he submit the username without the AD-Domain part: Feb 28 17:17:59 tpdc postfix/pickup[30396]: 5DDAE2C0C2B: uid=0 from=<root> Feb 28 17:17:59 tpdc postfix/cleanup[30402]: 5DDAE2C0C2B: message-id=<20130228161759.5DDAE2C0C2B(a)mx0.concepts-and-training.de> Feb 28 17:17:59 tpdc postfix/qmgr[30395]: 5DDAE2C0C2B: from=<root(a)concepts-and-training.de>, size=463, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Feb 28 17:17:59 tpdc dovecot: lda(dwitt): msgid=<20130228161759.5DDAE2C0C2B(a)mx0.concepts-and-training.de>: saved mail to INBOX Feb 28 17:17:59 tpdc postfix/local[30404]: 5DDAE2C0C2B: to=<dwitt(a)concepts-and-training.de>, orig_to=<denis.witt(a)cat06.de>, relay=local, delay=0.24, delays=0.1/0.01/0/0.13, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to command: /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver) Feb 28 17:17:59 tpdc postfix/qmgr[30395]: 5DDAE2C0C2B: removed So Dovecot saves the Mail to "/var/mail/dwitt/", which is fine for me. The Problem kicks in when I try to read my Mail. Dovecot uses "TESTDOM\dwitt" as username and so he didn't find the Mailbox and create a new one in "/var/mail/TESTDOM\dwitt". I tried to fix it with auth_username_translation and auth_username_format but it doesn't work. Any ideas? Thanks!

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[Dovecot] help needed with dovecot authentication
by peter lawrie 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

Hi I have been asked to configure an dedicated rhel6 server for a customer. I did not realise when I took this on how complicated it was going to be! The purpose of the server is to host a group of websites for small businesses. It came with postfix-2.6.6-2.2 dovecot-2.0.9 and mysql-2.1.67-1 I have installed virtualmin 3.98, usermin1.540-1 and horde 5 About a dozen currently inactive websites have been set up, mail is in /home/<domain>/Maildir My problem is that I can telnet to postfix to send and receive emails and can see these within postfix in webmin I have been having many problems getting dovecot to connect successfully to postfix. I have also installed horde 5 which requires to authenticate to an imap server - that is dovecot. This one server is intended to provide all services, so plain authentication is fine. But I can't use /etc/passwd as the users are in virtualmin I tried configuring ssl, with self-certification so the browser interface is https: At the moment I've restored dovecot.conf and conf.d/10-master.conf, 10-auth.conf and 10-mail.conf to their original settings. So an attempt to login through usermin gives me this Feb 28 19:44:19 scotz1 dovecot: auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth Feb 28 19:44:19 scotz1 dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libauthdb_ldap.so Feb 28 19:44:19 scotz1 dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_mysql.so Feb 28 19:44:19 scotz1 dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_sqlite.so Feb 28 19:44:19 scotz1 dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libmech_gssapi.so Feb 28 19:44:19 scotz1 dovecot: auth: Fatal: sql: Configuration file path not given Feb 28 19:44:19 scotz1 dovecot: master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling Previous to restoring the conf files I was getting this from horde Feb 28 17:55:02 scotz1 dovecot: auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth Feb 28 17:55:02 scotz1 dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libauthdb_ldap.so Feb 28 17:55:02 scotz1 dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_mysql.so Feb 28 17:55:02 scotz1 dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_sqlite.so Feb 28 17:55:02 scotz1 dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libmech_gssapi.so Feb 28 17:55:02 scotz1 dovecot: auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=25627) Feb 28 17:55:02 scotz1 dovecot: auth: Debug: client in: AUTH#0111#011PLAIN#011service=imap#011secured#011lip=127.0.0.1#011rip=127.0.0.1#011lport=143#011rport=439 54#011resp=dGVzdHNjb3R6LmNvLnVrAHRlc3RzY290ei5jby51awBwYXNzd29yZA== Feb 28 17:55:02 scotz1 dovecot: auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth Feb 28 17:55:02 scotz1 dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libauthdb_ldap.so Feb 28 17:55:02 scotz1 dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_mysql.so Feb 28 17:55:02 scotz1 dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_sqlite.so Feb 28 17:55:02 scotz1 dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libmech_gssapi.so Feb 28 17:55:02 scotz1 dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd(testscotz.co.uk,127.0.0.1): lookup Feb 28 17:55:02 scotz1 dovecot: auth: passwd(testscotz.co.uk,127.0.0.1): unknown user Horde is using mysql for its database, but I don't particularly care what dovecot uses, although it seems sensible to do the same I have created and removed several mysql databases during my attempts to get this to work. I would greatly appreciate some assistance with this as every 'howto' I have found by googling describes different setups and just gets me deeper in the mire! I want an authentication mechanism on this one server that virtualmin users and horde users (same people!) can use for imap mail. I thought I knew what I was doing before I took this one on (I have configured and manage a dozen centos servers), but this one is making my head spin. Yours in hope! Peter Lawrie

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