after another day of reading various howtos and trying - still errors
dovecot -n # 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.31.12-0.2-default x86_64 openSUSE 11.2 (x86_64) base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ protocols: pop3 ssl: no disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login login_greeting: Godmail ready. mail_location: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u mail_debug: yes mail_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir: /usr/lib64/dovecot/modules/pop3 lda: postmaster_address: postmaster@kriyayoga.com hostname: kriyayoga.com mail_plugin_dir: /usr/lib64/dovecot/modules/lda auth_socket_path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master auth default: mechanisms: plain cram-md5 debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/dovecot/passwd userdb: driver: static args: uid=303 gid=303 home=/var/spool/mail/home/%u
mail-log shows for ever login attempt (via telnet - from localhost OR from remote)
Jul 2 06:04:40 kriyayoga dovecot: auth(default): passwd-file(hans,124.108.51.96): lookup: user=hans file=/etc/dovecot/passwd Jul 2 06:04:40 kriyayoga dovecot: auth(default): passwd-file(hans,124.108.51.96): unknown user Jul 2 06:04:42 kriyayoga dovecot: auth(default): client out: FAIL#0111#011user=hans Jul 2 06:04:47 kriyayoga dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<hans>, method=PLAIN, rip=124.108.51.96, lip=78.46.101.111 Jul 2 06:05:09 kriyayoga dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<hans>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured
my userdb file contains:
hans myplaintext-password-here
the goal still is the most simple solid install using virutal users only the most important goal is to have at least ONE user - me (hans) with
- opensuse 11.2 - postfix smtp - dovecot POP3 only
about half dozen aliases such as abuse@ info@ webmaster@ and a few other mail alias
the next step could be - but no absolute requirement - to have a FEW (max a dozen) other virtual mail users
any tip or help welcome
greetings
hans
On Wed, 2010-06-30 at 15:50 -0400, Brent Bloxam wrote:
Hans Neukomm wrote:
any help or pointer to a solution or howto setup dovecot pop3 accounts for non-system users would be MOST welcome
greetings
hans
See here: http://wiki.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/PasswdFile
If you still need help after reading over that, post output of
dovecot -n