On 15 Aug 2013, at 11:29 , LuKreme kremels@kreme.com wrote:

attempts to login result in:

dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=*munged*>, method=PLAIN, rip=ip.xx.yy.zz, lip=75.148.117.91, mpid=75104, TLS, session= dovecot: imap(lists@*munged*): Error: user lists@*munged*: Couldn't drop privileges: User is missing UID (see mail_uid setting) dovecot: imap(lists@*munged*): Error: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information.

Turned on the debug and this is what I see:

Aug 15 13:16:45 auth-worker(77340): Debug: sql(lists@*munged*,ip.xx.yy.zz): query: select password from mailbox where username ='lists@*munged*' Aug 15 13:16:45 auth: Debug: client passdb out: OK 1 user=lists@*munged* Aug 15 13:16:45 auth: Debug: master in: REQUEST 2891186177 77374 1 a2bde9e07ec4034dff654566596e062f session_pid=77375 Aug 15 13:16:45 auth-worker(77340): Debug: passwd(lists@*munged*,ip.xx.yy.zz): lookup Aug 15 13:16:45 auth-worker(77340): Info: passwd(lists@*munged*,ip.xx.yy.zz): unknown user Aug 15 13:16:45 auth-worker(77340): Debug: sql(lists@*munged*,ip.xx.yy.zz): select maildir from mailbox where username = 'lists@*munged*' Aug 15 13:16:45 auth: Debug: master userdb out: USER 2891186177 lists@*munged* maildir=lists@*munged*/ auth_token=8016448b78ce6682d24f056ad695b2158bac7ee2 Aug 15 13:16:45 imap-login: Info: Login: user=*munged*>, method=PLAIN, rip=ip.xx.yy.zz, lip=75.148.117.91, mpid=77375, TLS, session=<1hadUAHk7AAXGJaN> Aug 15 13:16:45 imap(lists@*munged*): Error: user lists@*munged*: Couldn't drop privileges: User is missing UID (see mail_uid setting) Aug 15 13:16:45 imap(lists@*munged*): Error: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information.

a successful userdb for a local user looks like this:

Aug 15 13:16:44 auth: Debug: client passdb out: OK 1 user=kremels Aug 15 13:16:44 auth: Debug: master in: REQUEST 3532521473 77365 1 4ebb0de2b83c3e2603bc3e3ffca59d73 session_pid=77370 Aug 15 13:16:44 auth-worker(77340): Debug: passwd(kremels,ip.xx.yy.zz): lookup Aug 15 13:16:44 auth: Debug: master userdb out: USER 3532521473 kremels system_groups_user=kremels uid=1004 gid=1004 home=/home/kremels auth_token=60c1bb537e93229108f3aeceff78bfad811f5b62 Aug 15 13:16:44 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<kremels>, method=PLAIN, rip=ip.xx.yy.zz, lip=75.148.117.91, mpid=77370, TLS, session=<Pp6LUAHk6QAXGJaN> Aug 15 13:16:44 auth: Debug: client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=imap secured session=VLKQUAHk6gAXGJaN lip=75.148.117.91 rip=ip.xx.yy.zz lport=993 rport=55018 resp=<hidden>

What is not shown is the full path to the maildir, just the maildir value returned from the sql query. It really really looks like this should be working and like the

userdb { driver = static args = uid=vpopmail gid=postfix home=/usr/local/virtual/%u }

block is just not having the desired effect.

I've been at this for the better part of two days now, and have read hundreds (if not thousands) of web pages. I don't know what I am missing.

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