Hi

I've upgraded dovecot from 2.2.22 to 2.3.0.1. Now I can't authenticate any longer. My mail client says that the user name and password are rejected by dovecot.

I get this line in /var/log/auth.log: Mar 6 19:28:02 desktop auth: PAM audit_log_acct_message() failed: Operation not permitted

And this in /var/log/dovecot.log: Mar 06 19:28:02 auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/auth Mar 06 19:28:02 auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/auth/lib20_auth_var_expand_crypt.so Mar 06 19:28:02 auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/auth/libdriver_sqlite.so Mar 06 19:28:02 auth: Debug: Read auth token secret from /var/run/dovecot/auth-token-secret.dat Mar 06 19:28:02 auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=5615) Mar 06 19:28:02 auth: Debug: client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN
service=imap secured session=ggZPmsJmIoh/AAAB lip=127.0.0.1
rip=127.0.0.1 lport=993 rport=34850 local_ Mar 06 19:28:02 auth-worker(5617): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/auth Mar 06 19:28:02 auth-worker(5617): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/auth/lib20_auth_var_expand_crypt.so Mar 06 19:28:02 auth-worker(5617): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/auth/libdriver_sqlite.so Mar 06 19:28:02 auth-worker(5617): Debug: pam(v,127.0.0.1,): lookup service=dovecot Mar 06 19:28:02 auth-worker(5617): Debug: pam(v,127.0.0.1,): #1/1 style=1 msg=Password: Mar 06 19:28:02 auth-worker(5617): Info: pam(v,127.0.0.1,): pam_authenticate() failed: System error Mar 06 19:28:04 auth: Debug: client passdb out: FAIL 1 user=v Mar 06 19:28:06 imap-login: Info: Aborted login (auth failed, 1 attempts in 4 secs): user=<v>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, TLS, session=

Now it seems I can't go back to 2.2.22 as well: https://wiki2.dovecot.org/Upgrading/2.3 says "Downgrading is possible to v2.2.27 and later. (v2.2.27 accidentally broke dovecot.index* backwards compatibility a bit.)"

What should I do now? Remove the dysfunctional dovecot server and try a fresh new 2.3.0.1 install? How would I migrate my mail?

Here's my dovecot -n:

# 2.3.0.1 (ffd8a29): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.5.0.1 (d33dca2) # OS: Linux 4.4.0-116-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS auth_debug = yes auth_username_format = %n auth_verbose = yes auth_verbose_passwords = plain hostname = volker-wysk.de log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log mail_debug = yes mail_location = mdbox:~/lib/Dovecot-Mail managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date index ihave duplicate mime foreverypart extracttext imapsieve vnd.dovecot.imapsieve namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Entwürfe { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Papierkorb { special_use = \Trash } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } mailbox "Versendete Nachrichten" { special_use = \Sent } prefix = separator = . } passdb { driver = pam } plugin { imapsieve_mailbox1_before = file:/usr/lib/dovecot/sieve/report-spam.sieve imapsieve_mailbox1_causes = COPY imapsieve_mailbox1_name = Spam imapsieve_mailbox2_before = file:/usr/lib/dovecot/sieve/report-ham.sieve imapsieve_mailbox2_causes = COPY imapsieve_mailbox2_from = Spam imapsieve_mailbox2_name = * sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/lib/Sieve sieve_global_extensions = +vnd.dovecot.pipe +vnd.dovecot.environment sieve_pipe_bin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot/sieve sieve_plugins = sieve_imapsieve sieve_extprograms } postmaster_address = post@volker-wysk.de protocols = imap lmtp sieve ssl = required ssl_cert =

Bye Volker