Re: [Dovecot] /etc/passwd authentication: ERR authentication failed

On Sat, 2006-03-18 at 22:36 +0700, Quoc Huy Trinh wrote:

Hi all, I am a newbie with dovecot. I have a problem with it's authentication. -I installed dovecot 1.0 beta3 at /usr/local/dovecot. -I want to use my linux system accounts with mail (authentication using /etc/passwd). -I have a user account: huytq with password: 123456

So the password really exists in /etc/passwd? And in crypt-format, not in plaintext?

      dovecot: Mar 18 22:26:50 Info: auth(default):

passwd(huytq,192.168.1.253): password mismatch

Either Dovecot doesn't get the password, or it's wrong.. You could try setting auth_debug_passwords=yes to see what it says.