Re: Help regarding Postfix and Dovecot SASL

16 Jan 2026

      Le 16/01/2026 à 21:17, Christophe Lohr via dovecot a écrit :
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Le 16/01/2026 à 20:50, John Fawcett via dovecot a écrit :
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where are the dovecot users configured?
in  /etc/dovecot/passwd
...
Maybe it would help if you post your configuration (doveconf -n).
Thankyou for your help. See attached file
hum, I think the mailing list removed the attached file... well, here is
the content:
2.4.1-4 (7d8c0e5759): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
Pigeonhole version 2.4.1-4 (0a86619f)
OS: Linux 6.12.63+deb13-amd64 x86_64 Debian 13.3
Hostname: pc-serveur
4 default setting changes since version 2.4.0
dovecot_config_version = 2.4.0
auth_allow_cleartext = yes
auth_debug = yes
auth_debug_passwords = yes
auth_mechanisms = plain login
auth_verbose = yes
auth_verbose_passwords = yes
default_login_user = vmail
dovecot_storage_version = 2.4.0
first_valid_gid = 2222
first_valid_uid = 2222
fts_autoindex = yes
fts_autoindex_max_recent_msgs = 999
fts_search_add_missing = yes
info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-info.log
log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log
mail_access_groups = vmail
mail_driver = maildir
mail_home = /var/spool/vmail/%{user}
mail_inbox_path = /var/spool/vmail/%{user}/Maildir
mail_path = ~/Maildir
mail_privileged_group = mail
protocols = imap lmtp
ssl = no
verbose_proctitle = yes
namespace inbox {
inbox = yes
mailbox Drafts {
auto = subscribe
special_use = "\\Drafts"
}
mailbox Junk {
auto = subscribe
special_use = "\\Junk"
}
mailbox Trash {
auto = subscribe
special_use = "\\Trash"
}
mailbox Sent {
auto = subscribe
special_use = "\\Sent"
}
mailbox "Sent Messages" {
special_use = "\\Sent"
}
}
service imap-login {
process_min_avail = 1
user = vmail
inet_listener imap {
port = 143
listen = 192.168.100.1 127.0.0.1 [::1]
}
inet_listener imaps {
}
}
service pop3-login {
inet_listener pop3 {
}
inet_listener pop3s {
}
}
service submission-login {
inet_listener submission {
}
inet_listener submissions {
}
}
service lmtp {
user = dovecot
unix_listener lmtp {
}
unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp {
group = postfix
mode = 0600
user = postfix
}
}
service imap {
}
service pop3 {
}
service submission {
}
service auth {
user = dovecot
unix_listener auth-userdb {
}
unix_listener auth-chasquid-userdb {
mode = 0660
user = chasquid
}
unix_listener auth-chasquid-client {
mode = 0660
user = chasquid
}
unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
group = postfix
mode = 0660
user = postfix
}
}
service auth-worker {
user = dovecot
}
service dict {
unix_listener dict {
}
}
ssl_server {
cert_file = /etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
key_file = /etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.key
}
protocol lmtp {
auth_username_format = %{user | username | lower}
}
passdb passwd-file {
passwd_file_path = /etc/dovecot/passwd
}
userdb passwd-file {
passwd_file_path = /etc/dovecot/passwd
fields {
gid = vmail
home = /var/spool/vmail/%{user}
uid = vmail
}
}
Le 16/01/2026 `a 21:17, Christophe Lohr via dovecot a ecrit :
 Le 16/01/2026 `a 20:50, John Fawcett via dovecot a ecrit :

   where are the dovecot users configured?

 in  /etc/dovecot/passwd

   Maybe it would help if you post your configuration (doveconf -n).

 Thankyou for your help. See attached file
hum, I think the mailing list removed the attached file... well, here is
the content:
2.4.1-4 (7d8c0e5759): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
Pigeonhole version 2.4.1-4 (0a86619f)
OS: Linux 6.12.63+deb13-amd64 x86_64 Debian 13.3
Hostname: pc-serveur
4 default setting changes since version 2.4.0
dovecot_config_version = 2.4.0
auth_allow_cleartext = yes
auth_debug = yes
auth_debug_passwords = yes
auth_mechanisms = plain login
auth_verbose = yes
auth_verbose_passwords = yes
default_login_user = vmail
dovecot_storage_version = 2.4.0
first_valid_gid = 2222
first_valid_uid = 2222
fts_autoindex = yes
fts_autoindex_max_recent_msgs = 999
fts_search_add_missing = yes
info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-info.log
log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log
mail_access_groups = vmail
mail_driver = maildir
mail_home = /var/spool/vmail/%{user}
mail_inbox_path = /var/spool/vmail/%{user}/Maildir
mail_path = ~/Maildir
mail_privileged_group = mail
protocols = imap lmtp
ssl = no
verbose_proctitle = yes
namespace inbox {
inbox = yes
mailbox Drafts {
auto = subscribe
special_use = "\\Drafts"
}
mailbox Junk {
auto = subscribe
special_use = "\\Junk"
}
mailbox Trash {
auto = subscribe
special_use = "\\Trash"
}
mailbox Sent {
auto = subscribe
special_use = "\\Sent"
}
mailbox "Sent Messages" {
special_use = "\\Sent"
}
}
service imap-login {
process_min_avail = 1
user = vmail
inet_listener imap {
port = 143
listen = 192.168.100.1 127.0.0.1 [::1]
}
inet_listener imaps {
}
}
service pop3-login {
inet_listener pop3 {
}
inet_listener pop3s {
}
}
service submission-login {
inet_listener submission {
}
inet_listener submissions {
}
}
service lmtp {
user = dovecot
unix_listener lmtp {
}
unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp {
group = postfix
mode = 0600
user = postfix
}
}
service imap {
}
service pop3 {
}
service submission {
}
service auth {
user = dovecot
unix_listener auth-userdb {
}
unix_listener auth-chasquid-userdb {
mode = 0660
user = chasquid
}
unix_listener auth-chasquid-client {
mode = 0660
user = chasquid
}
unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
group = postfix
mode = 0660
user = postfix
}
}
service auth-worker {
user = dovecot
}
service dict {
unix_listener dict {
}
}
ssl_server {
cert_file = /etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
key_file = /etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.key
}
protocol lmtp {
auth_username_format = %{user | username | lower}
}
passdb passwd-file {
passwd_file_path = /etc/dovecot/passwd
}
userdb passwd-file {
passwd_file_path = /etc/dovecot/passwd
fields {
gid = vmail
home = /var/spool/vmail/%{user}
uid = vmail
}
}