I am using Dovecot in two Server environments. My Legacy (5 years+ old) servers are running dovecot 1.1.20, and are responding as expected. These servers are using an NFS based storage for the /home directory structure, and are working beautifully. However, I need to replace these inefficient servers, and get more current.
That brings me to the problem, where I am implementing Dovecot 2.1.15, which does not complete the authentication cycle. I have converted the 1.1.20 configuration using the documentation available, and I have the following for my running configuration (which is not working):
# 2.1.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.8.13.4-server-1.mga3 i686 Mageia 3 auth_debug = yes base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ disable_plaintext_auth = no lock_method = dotlock login_greeting = SpamZapper Email ready. login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l %c mail_debug = yes mail_fsync = always mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_nfs_index = yes mail_nfs_storage = yes mail_privileged_group = mail mmap_disable = yes passdb { driver = pam } protocols = imap pop3 service auth { user = root } service imap-login { chroot = login client_limit = 256 user = dovecot } service pop3-login { chroot = login client_limit = 256 user = dovecot } ssl = no userdb { driver = passwd } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol pop3 { mail_max_userip_connections = 50 pop3_logout_format = top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s pop3_uidl_format = %08Xv%08Xu } protocol lda { postmaster_address = postmaster@example.com }
I have captured the Debug output of the dovecot process while attempting to connect:
May 27 13:02:10 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: client in: AUTH#0111#011PLAIN#011service=pop3#011session=IzAYqGT6pgBCz4Xk#011lip=66.207.133.227#011rip=66.207.133.228#011lport=110#011rport=38566#011resp=<hidden> May 27 13:02:10 ns dovecot: auth-worker(551): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/auth May 27 13:02:10 ns dovecot: auth-worker(551): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/auth/libdriver_mysql.so May 27 13:02:10 ns dovecot: auth-worker(551): Debug: pam(aewhale,66.207.133.228): lookup service=dovecot May 27 13:02:10 ns dovecot: auth-worker(551): Debug: pam(aewhale,66.207.133.228): #1/1 style=1 msg=Password: May 27 13:02:10 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: client passdb out: OK#0111#011user=aewhale May 27 13:02:10 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: master in: REQUEST#0112671116289#011453#0111#01174d85bf0d878139a83e682a869786da9 May 27 13:02:10 ns dovecot: auth-worker(551): Debug: passwd(aewhale,66.207.133.228): lookup May 27 13:02:10 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: master userdb out: USER#0112671116289#011aewhale#011system_groups_user=aewhale#011uid=501#011gid=501#011home=/home/aewhale May 27 13:02:10 ns dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<aewhale>, method=PLAIN, rip=66.207.133.228, lip=66.207.133.227 May 27 13:02:10 ns dovecot: pop3(aewhale): Debug: Effective uid=501, gid=501, home=/home/aewhale May 27 13:02:10 ns dovecot: pop3(aewhale): Debug: maildir++: root=/home/aewhale/Maildir, index=, control=, inbox=/home/aewhale/Maildir, alt=
All processing stops here.
This is an NFS Storage Mail Spool, which works on 1.1.20 but not 2.1.15? What other pink elephants have I missed?
Thank you for your assistance.
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