Hello
Im having issues login to dovecot using imap through telnet.
Im running Linux 4.9.0-11-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.189-3+deb9u1 (2019-09-20) x86_64 GNU/Linux
Im totally new to setting up mailservers. I havesetup a postfix for SMTP and it can receive emails. Postfix version is mail_version = 3.1.12
I have also installed Dovecot version:2.2.27 (c0f36b0) My configuration is such that POSTFIX is configured to use DOVECOT SASL through local socket.
My system is configured to store emails in /var/mail/owndomain.org/<username>. For each domain i have my own passwd file where dovecot is supposed to lookup usernames and passwords. /var/mail/owndomain.org/passwd.
I have created virtualuser for accessing mails and authenticating users. My dovecot (dovecot -n output) configuration is:
# 2.2.27 (c0f36b0): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.4.16 (fed8554) # OS: Linux 4.9.0-11-amd64 x86_64 Debian 9.11 auth_debug = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-debug.log disable_plaintext_auth = no info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-info.log listen = 192.168.2.2 log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log mail_home = /var/mail/home/%d/%n mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%d/%n mail_privileged_group = virtualmail 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 } passdb { args = username_format=%n /var/mail/%d/passwd driver = passwd-file } pop3_uidl_format = %g protocols = imap pop3 service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } user = dovecot } ssl = no userdb { driver = passwd } userdb { args = username_format=%n /var/mail/%d/passwd default_fields = uid=virtualmail gid=virtualmail home=/var/mail/%d/%n driver = passwd-file } verbose_proctitle = yes
Now the problem: I was testing the configuration using telnet. POSTFIX receives email, stores it. No problem. When i tried to log in onto Dovecot IMAP using Telnet i get this message:
- OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE AUTH=PLAIN AUTH-LOGIN] Dovecot ready. a login "username@owndomain.org" "test" a NO [UNAVAILABLE] Internal error occured. Refer to server log for more information.
I have enabled verbose logging and this is the output of logs: /var/log/dovecot.log had this message:
Nov 16 14:20:49 auth: Error: plain(username@owndomain.org,192.168.9.131,<RF4llXaXisPAqAmD>): user not found from any userdbs Nov 16 14:20:49 imap: Error: Authenticated user not found from userdb, auth lookup id=684589057 (client-pid=9601 client-id=1)
/var/log/dovecot-debug.log had this message:
Nov 16 14:20:18 auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/auth Nov 16 14:20:18 auth: Debug: Read auth token secret from /var/run/dovecot/auth-token-secret.dat Nov 16 14:20:18 auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=9601) Nov 16 14:20:47 auth: Debug: client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=imap session=RF4llXaXisPAqAmD lip=192.168.2.2 rip=192.168.9.131 lport=143 rport=$ Nov 16 14:20:47 auth-worker(9603): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/auth Nov 16 14:20:47 auth-worker(9603): Debug: pam(username@owndomain.org,192.168.9.131,<RF4llXaXisPAqAmD>): lookup service=dovecot Nov 16 14:20:47 auth-worker(9603): Debug: pam(username@owndomain.org,192.168.9.131,<RF4llXaXisPAqAmD>): #1/1 style=1 msg=Password: Nov 16 14:20:49 auth: Debug: passwd-file /var/mail/owndomain.org/passwd: Read 2 users in 0 secs Nov 16 14:20:49 auth: Debug: passwd-file(username@owndomain.org,192.168.9.131,<RF4llXaXisPAqAmD>): lookup: user=username file=/var/mail/owndomain.org/passwd Nov 16 14:20:49 auth: Debug: client passdb out: OK 1 user=username@owndomain.org Nov 16 14:20:49 auth: Debug: master in: REQUEST 684589057 9601 1 a61dd67ee43390596ddf86e6c08db6f9 session_pid=9604 request_auth_token Nov 16 14:20:49 auth-worker(9603): Debug: passwd(username@owndomain.org,192.168.9.131,<RF4llXaXisPAqAmD>): lookup Nov 16 14:20:49 auth: Debug: passwd-file(username@owndomain.org,192.168.9.131,<RF4llXaXisPAqAmD>): lookup: user=username file=/var/mail/owndomain.org/passwd Nov 16 14:20:49 auth: Debug: master userdb out: NOTFOUND 684589057
And i am completelly clueless what is the problem. Because it seems as if the password was found but the user is not? Password and user are looked up in the same passwd file. Have i forgotten something to setup? Any help or guidance is appreciated!
I have also posted the issue on: https://serverfault.com/questions/992108/dovecot-cant-login-virtual-user
Thanks A.