I just tried to configure a new dovecot/postfix server, and i end up with a dovecot auth error at startup. I can't find a solution by myself. Below are details, thanks in advance for your precious help, and excuse my poor english :
dovecot --version 2.2.27 (c0f36b0) (Debian)
Dovecot -n : https://400iso.net/public/dov.txt
grep -v '^ *\(#.*\)\?$' /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = mysql connect = host=127.0.0.1 dbname=postfix user=postfix password=password default_pass_scheme = MD5-CRYPT user_query = SELECT '/srv/vmail/%d/%n' AS home, 3000 AS uid, 3000 AS gid, CONCAT('*:bytes=', CAST(quota AS CHAR)) AS quota_rule FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active='1' password_query = SELECT password FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u'
Here is part of the server's log :
Nov 4 20:57:49 vps81550 postfix/postscreen[21578]: CONNECT from [209.85.215.51]:47485 to [149.56.x.x]:25 Nov 4 20:57:49 vps81550 postfix/dnsblog[21583]: addr 209.85.215.51 listed by domain dnsbl.sorbs.net as 127.0.0.6 Nov 4 20:57:55 vps81550 postfix/postscreen[21578]: PASS OLD [209.85.215.51]:47485 Nov 4 20:57:55 vps81550 postfix/smtpd[21585]: connect from mail-lf0-f51.google.com[209.85.215.51] Nov 4 20:57:55 vps81550 postfix/smtpd[21585]: Untrusted TLS connection established from mail-lf0-f51.google.com[209.85.215.51] TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits) Nov 4 20:57:55 vps81550 dovecot: auth: Fatal: sql: driver not set in configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext Nov 4 20:57:55 vps81550 dovecot: master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling for 2 secs Nov 4 20:57:55 vps81550 postfix/smtpd[21585]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms Nov 4 20:57:56 vps81550 postfix/master[21528]: warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/sbin/smtpd pid 21585 exit status 1 Nov 4 20:57:56 vps81550 postfix/master[21528]: warning: /usr/lib/postfix/sbin/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling
Mathieu R.