Postfix / Dovecot Not Able to Authenticate
Hi My name is Keith Smith. I am a PHP developer and have been a freelance PHP developer since 2006.
I have been working on a PHP web server in the hope of learning more about Linux hosting server administration. Over the years I have had the opportunity to create many PHP virtual hosts. I have not worked with or configured BIND, Postfix, and Dovecot before about 3 weeks ago.
My home server is connected to the Internet via my home office business cable account. No blocked ports and I am able run one or more servers.
I am running Ubuntu 20.04lts / Apache / MySql (or a clone) / PHP / BIND9 / Postfix / Dovecot / Let's Encrypt SSL.
My server’s FQDN is : soho.keiththewebguy.com as is my reverse lookup on my IP : 98.191.108.149.
The purpose is for learning. I intend to run one such configured server out of my home office running one domain or more (virtual hosts) and would like to configure Postfix/Dovecot to service one or more email addresses per virtual hosting.
I have BIND working. At least enough that a simple web page can be displayed. I've installed Postfix and Dovecot and am getting an authentication issue that shows up in the logs.
I do not know all that you might need. Please let me know.
I admit I find Postfix and Dovecot difficult to understand. I am at the newbie stage. I've scoured the Internet looking for answers.
After I configured Postfix and Dovecot I issued the commend : telnet keiththewebguy.com 25 on my web server. It returned:
Trying 98.191.108.149... Connected to keiththewebguy.com. Escape character is '^]'. 220 soho.keiththewebguy.com ESMTP Postfix
I issued : ehlo soho.keiththewebguy.com
250-soho.keiththewebguy.com 250-PIPELINING 250-SIZE 10240000 250-VRFY 250-ETRN 250-STARTTLS 250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-8BITMIME 250-DSN 250 CHUNKING
I issued : quit
221 2.0.0 Bye Connection closed by foreign host.
I assume this means things are configured correctly.
I am looking at both logs:
/var/log/mail.err which contains no content.
/var/log/mail.log which is verbose.
To /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf I added the following for debugging:
auth_verbose = yes auth_verbose_passwords = no auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes mail_debug = yes verbose_ssl = yes
I am trying to connect using Thunderbird.
Config:
IMAP port 993 / ssl/TLS / Normal Password / username : keith@keiththewebguy.com and password that is in /etc/dovecot/dovecot-users
SMTP port 25 / STARTTLS / Normal Password / username : keith@keiththewebguy.com and password that is in /etc/dovecot/dovecot-users
Thunderbird tests these configurations and reports them as found on the server.
When I press the done button to create the email account I get a message "Unable to log into the server. Probably wrong configuration, username, or password.".
The output when trying to create the Thunderbird account:
/var/log/mail.log
=============== Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x10, ret=1: before SSL initialization Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: before SSL initialization Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2002, ret=-1: before SSL initialization Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: before SSL initialization Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS read client hello Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS write server hello Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS write certificate Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS write key exchange Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS write server done Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2002, ret=-1: SSLv3/TLS write server done Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: message repeated 2 times: [ imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2002, ret=-1: SSLv3/TLS write server done] Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS write server done Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS read client key exchange Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS read change cipher spec Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS read finished Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS write session ticket Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS write change cipher spec Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS write finished Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x20, ret=1: SSL negotiation finished successfully Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2002, ret=1: SSL negotiation finished successfully Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/auth Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/auth/lib20_auth_var_expand_crypt.so Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: Read auth token secret from /var/run/dovecot/auth-token-secret.dat Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file /etc/dovecot/dovecot-users: Read 1 users in 0 secs Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=2021) Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: client in: AUTH#0111#011PLAIN#011service=imap#011secured=tls#011session=wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV#011lip=192.168.1.10#011rip=98.191.108.149#011lport=993#011rport=51902#011local_name=mail.keiththewebguy.com#011ssl_cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256#011ssl_cipher_bits=128#011ssl_pfs=KxECDHE#011ssl_protocol=TLSv1.2 Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: client passdb out: CONT#0111#011 Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: client in: CONT#0111#011AGtlaXRoQGtlaXRodGhld2ViZ3V5LmNvbQBJY2VjcmVhbS1Db25lXjIx (previous base64 data may contain sensitive data) Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): Performing passdb lookup Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): lookup: user=keith@keiththewebguy.com file=/etc/dovecot/dovecot-users Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: auth: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): unknown user Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): Finished passdb lookup Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: auth(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): Auth request finished Jul 5 18:58:37 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: client passdb out: FAIL#0111#011user=keith@keiththewebguy.com Jul 5 18:58:37 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: client in: AUTH#0112#011LOGIN#011service=imap#011secured=tls#011session=wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV#011lip=192.168.1.10#011rip=98.191.108.149#011lport=993#011rport=51902#011local_name=mail.keiththewebguy.com#011ssl_cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256#011ssl_cipher_bits=128#011ssl_pfs=KxECDHE#011ssl_protocol=TLSv1.2 Jul 5 18:58:41 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: client passdb out: CONT#0112#011VXNlcm5hbWU6 Jul 5 18:58:41 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: client in: CONT#0112#011a2VpdGhAa2VpdGh0aGV3ZWJndXkuY29t (previous base64 data may contain sensitive data) Jul 5 18:58:41 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: client passdb out: CONT#0112#011UGFzc3dvcmQ6 Jul 5 18:58:41 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: client in: CONT#0112#011SWNlY3JlYW0tQ29uZV4yMQ== (previous base64 data may contain sensitive data) Jul 5 18:58:41 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): Performing passdb lookup Jul 5 18:58:41 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): lookup: user=keith@keiththewebguy.com file=/etc/dovecot/dovecot-users Jul 5 18:58:41 soho dovecot: auth: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): unknown user Jul 5 18:58:41 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): Finished passdb lookup Jul 5 18:58:41 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: auth(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): Auth request finished Jul 5 18:58:43 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: client passdb out: FAIL#0112#011user=keith@keiththewebguy.com Jul 5 18:58:43 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: client in: AUTH#0113#011PLAIN#011service=imap#011secured=tls#011session=wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV#011lip=192.168.1.10#011rip=98.191.108.149#011lport=993#011rport=51902#011local_name=mail.keiththewebguy.com#011ssl_cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256#011ssl_cipher_bits=128#011ssl_pfs=KxECDHE#011ssl_protocol=TLSv1.2#011resp=AGtlaXRoQGtlaXRodGhld2ViZ3V5LmNvbQBJY2VjcmVhbS1Db25lXjIx (previous base64 data may contain sensitive data) Jul 5 18:58:47 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): Performing passdb lookup Jul 5 18:58:47 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): lookup: user=keith@keiththewebguy.com file=/etc/dovecot/dovecot-users Jul 5 18:58:47 soho dovecot: auth: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): unknown user Jul 5 18:58:47 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): Finished passdb lookup Jul 5 18:58:47 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: auth(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): Auth request finished Jul 5 18:58:49 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: client passdb out: FAIL#0113#011user=keith@keiththewebguy.com Jul 5 18:58:49 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL alert: close notify Jul 5 18:58:49 soho dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 3 attempts in 14 secs): user=keith@keiththewebguy.com, method=PLAIN, rip=98.191.108.149, lip=192.168.1.10, TLS, session=<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV> Jul 5 18:58:49 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL alert: close notify
I see the following lines:
passwd-file /etc/dovecot/dovecot-users: Read 1 users in 0 secs
passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): Performing passdb lookup
passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): lookup: user=keith@keiththewebguy.com file=/etc/dovecot/dovecot-users
file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): unknown user
passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): Finished passdb lookup
auth(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): Auth request finished
client passdb out: FAIL#0111#011user=keith@keiththewebguy.com
dovecot -n :
# 2.3.7.2 (3c910f64b): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.5.7.2 () # OS: Linux 5.4.0-77-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS ext4 # Hostname: soho.keiththewebguy.com auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes mail_debug = yes mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n mail_privileged_group = mail namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { args = scheme=PLAIN username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/dovecot-users driver = passwd-file } protocols = " imap lmtp pop3" service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } } service imap-login { inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0600 user = postfix } } ssl = required ssl_cert =
Any thoughts are most welcome!! Thanks in advance!!
On 07-05-2021 4:59 pm, techlists@phpcoderusa.com wrote:
Jul 5 18:58:47 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): lookup: user=keith@keiththewebguy.com file=/etc/dovecot/dovecot-users Jul 5 18:58:47 soho dovecot: auth: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): unknown user
Same thing i said on the postfix mailing list. Start here. It is telling you that it is not able to find user "keith@keiththewebguy.com" in the auth file (/etc/dovecot/dovecot-users). So either you have a typo or the format of the file is wrong.
The file format is very specific, its is talked about here: https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/authentication/passwd_file/
On 2021-07-05 14:11, dovecot@ptld.com wrote:
On 07-05-2021 4:59 pm, techlists@phpcoderusa.com wrote:
Jul 5 18:58:47 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): lookup: user=keith@keiththewebguy.com file=/etc/dovecot/dovecot-users Jul 5 18:58:47 soho dovecot: auth: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): unknown user
Same thing i said on the postfix mailing list. Start here. It is telling you that it is not able to find user "keith@keiththewebguy.com" in the auth file (/etc/dovecot/dovecot-users). So either you have a typo or the format of the file is wrong.
The file format is very specific, its is talked about here: https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/authentication/passwd_file/
Thanks!!
Ok that was part of the problem. Thanks!!
Now I can send but not receive. I'm on the Dovecot list looking for help.
Thanks again!!
I'll be back with a ton of newbie questions.
On 2021-07-05 14:11, dovecot@ptld.com wrote:
On 07-05-2021 4:59 pm, techlists@phpcoderusa.com wrote:
Jul 5 18:58:47 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): lookup: user=keith@keiththewebguy.com file=/etc/dovecot/dovecot-users Jul 5 18:58:47 soho dovecot: auth: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): unknown user
Same thing i said on the postfix mailing list. Start here. It is telling you that it is not able to find user "keith@keiththewebguy.com" in the auth file (/etc/dovecot/dovecot-users). So either you have a typo or the format of the file is wrong.
The file format is very specific, its is talked about here: https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/authentication/passwd_file/
Ok, figured out the issue. My passwd-file was not configured correctly.
Now I can send however I cannot receive. I find nothing in the logs.
Any insight into how to troubleshoot is much appreciated.
On 2021-07-05 13:59, techlists@phpcoderusa.com wrote:
Hi My name is Keith Smith. I am a PHP developer and have been a freelance PHP developer since 2006.
I have been working on a PHP web server in the hope of learning more about Linux hosting server administration. Over the years I have had the opportunity to create many PHP virtual hosts. I have not worked with or configured BIND, Postfix, and Dovecot before about 3 weeks ago.
My home server is connected to the Internet via my home office business cable account. No blocked ports and I am able run one or more servers.
I am running Ubuntu 20.04lts / Apache / MySql (or a clone) / PHP / BIND9 / Postfix / Dovecot / Let's Encrypt SSL.
My server’s FQDN is : soho.keiththewebguy.com as is my reverse lookup on my IP : 98.191.108.149.
The purpose is for learning. I intend to run one such configured server out of my home office running one domain or more (virtual hosts) and would like to configure Postfix/Dovecot to service one or more email addresses per virtual hosting.
I have BIND working. At least enough that a simple web page can be displayed. I've installed Postfix and Dovecot and am getting an authentication issue that shows up in the logs.
I do not know all that you might need. Please let me know.
I admit I find Postfix and Dovecot difficult to understand. I am at the newbie stage. I've scoured the Internet looking for answers.
After I configured Postfix and Dovecot I issued the commend : telnet keiththewebguy.com 25 on my web server. It returned:
Trying 98.191.108.149... Connected to keiththewebguy.com. Escape character is '^]'. 220 soho.keiththewebguy.com ESMTP Postfix
I issued : ehlo soho.keiththewebguy.com
250-soho.keiththewebguy.com 250-PIPELINING 250-SIZE 10240000 250-VRFY 250-ETRN 250-STARTTLS 250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-8BITMIME 250-DSN 250 CHUNKING
I issued : quit
221 2.0.0 Bye Connection closed by foreign host.
I assume this means things are configured correctly.
I am looking at both logs:
/var/log/mail.err which contains no content.
/var/log/mail.log which is verbose.
To /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf I added the following for debugging:
auth_verbose = yes auth_verbose_passwords = no auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes mail_debug = yes verbose_ssl = yes
I am trying to connect using Thunderbird.
Config:
IMAP port 993 / ssl/TLS / Normal Password / username : keith@keiththewebguy.com and password that is in /etc/dovecot/dovecot-users
SMTP port 25 / STARTTLS / Normal Password / username : keith@keiththewebguy.com and password that is in /etc/dovecot/dovecot-users
Thunderbird tests these configurations and reports them as found on the server.
When I press the done button to create the email account I get a message "Unable to log into the server. Probably wrong configuration, username, or password.".
The output when trying to create the Thunderbird account:
/var/log/mail.log
=============== Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x10, ret=1: before SSL initialization Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: before SSL initialization Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2002, ret=-1: before SSL initialization Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: before SSL initialization Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS read client hello Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS write server hello Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS write certificate Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS write key exchange Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS write server done Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2002, ret=-1: SSLv3/TLS write server done Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: message repeated 2 times: [ imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2002, ret=-1: SSLv3/TLS write server done] Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS write server done Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS read client key exchange Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS read change cipher spec Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS read finished Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS write session ticket Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS write change cipher spec Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: SSLv3/TLS write finished Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x20, ret=1: SSL negotiation finished successfully Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2002, ret=1: SSL negotiation finished successfully Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/auth Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/auth/lib20_auth_var_expand_crypt.so Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: Read auth token secret from /var/run/dovecot/auth-token-secret.dat Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file /etc/dovecot/dovecot-users: Read 1 users in 0 secs Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=2021) Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: client in: AUTH#0111#011PLAIN#011service=imap#011secured=tls#011session=wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV#011lip=192.168.1.10#011rip=98.191.108.149#011lport=993#011rport=51902#011local_name=mail.keiththewebguy.com#011ssl_cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256#011ssl_cipher_bits=128#011ssl_pfs=KxECDHE#011ssl_protocol=TLSv1.2 Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: client passdb out: CONT#0111#011 Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: client in: CONT#0111#011AGtlaXRoQGtlaXRodGhld2ViZ3V5LmNvbQBJY2VjcmVhbS1Db25lXjIx (previous base64 data may contain sensitive data) Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): Performing passdb lookup Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): lookup: user=keith@keiththewebguy.com file=/etc/dovecot/dovecot-users Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: auth: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): unknown user Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): Finished passdb lookup Jul 5 18:58:35 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: auth(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): Auth request finished Jul 5 18:58:37 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: client passdb out: FAIL#0111#011user=keith@keiththewebguy.com Jul 5 18:58:37 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: client in: AUTH#0112#011LOGIN#011service=imap#011secured=tls#011session=wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV#011lip=192.168.1.10#011rip=98.191.108.149#011lport=993#011rport=51902#011local_name=mail.keiththewebguy.com#011ssl_cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256#011ssl_cipher_bits=128#011ssl_pfs=KxECDHE#011ssl_protocol=TLSv1.2 Jul 5 18:58:41 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: client passdb out: CONT#0112#011VXNlcm5hbWU6 Jul 5 18:58:41 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: client in: CONT#0112#011a2VpdGhAa2VpdGh0aGV3ZWJndXkuY29t (previous base64 data may contain sensitive data) Jul 5 18:58:41 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: client passdb out: CONT#0112#011UGFzc3dvcmQ6 Jul 5 18:58:41 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: client in: CONT#0112#011SWNlY3JlYW0tQ29uZV4yMQ== (previous base64 data may contain sensitive data) Jul 5 18:58:41 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): Performing passdb lookup Jul 5 18:58:41 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): lookup: user=keith@keiththewebguy.com file=/etc/dovecot/dovecot-users Jul 5 18:58:41 soho dovecot: auth: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): unknown user Jul 5 18:58:41 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): Finished passdb lookup Jul 5 18:58:41 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: auth(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): Auth request finished Jul 5 18:58:43 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: client passdb out: FAIL#0112#011user=keith@keiththewebguy.com Jul 5 18:58:43 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: client in: AUTH#0113#011PLAIN#011service=imap#011secured=tls#011session=wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV#011lip=192.168.1.10#011rip=98.191.108.149#011lport=993#011rport=51902#011local_name=mail.keiththewebguy.com#011ssl_cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256#011ssl_cipher_bits=128#011ssl_pfs=KxECDHE#011ssl_protocol=TLSv1.2#011resp=AGtlaXRoQGtlaXRodGhld2ViZ3V5LmNvbQBJY2VjcmVhbS1Db25lXjIx (previous base64 data may contain sensitive data) Jul 5 18:58:47 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): Performing passdb lookup Jul 5 18:58:47 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): lookup: user=keith@keiththewebguy.com file=/etc/dovecot/dovecot-users Jul 5 18:58:47 soho dovecot: auth: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): unknown user Jul 5 18:58:47 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): Finished passdb lookup Jul 5 18:58:47 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: auth(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): Auth request finished Jul 5 18:58:49 soho dovecot: auth: Debug: client passdb out: FAIL#0113#011user=keith@keiththewebguy.com Jul 5 18:58:49 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL alert: close notify Jul 5 18:58:49 soho dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 3 attempts in 14 secs): user=keith@keiththewebguy.com, method=PLAIN, rip=98.191.108.149, lip=192.168.1.10, TLS, session=<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV> Jul 5 18:58:49 soho dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL alert: close notify
I see the following lines:
passwd-file /etc/dovecot/dovecot-users: Read 1 users in 0 secs
passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): Performing passdb lookup
passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): lookup: user=keith@keiththewebguy.com file=/etc/dovecot/dovecot-users
file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): unknown user
passwd-file(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): Finished passdb lookup
auth(keith@keiththewebguy.com,98.191.108.149,<wVJ55GTGvspiv2yV>): Auth request finished
client passdb out: FAIL#0111#011user=keith@keiththewebguy.com
dovecot -n :
# 2.3.7.2 (3c910f64b): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.5.7.2 () # OS: Linux 5.4.0-77-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS ext4 # Hostname: soho.keiththewebguy.com auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes mail_debug = yes mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n mail_privileged_group = mail namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { args = scheme=PLAIN username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/dovecot-users driver = passwd-file } protocols = " imap lmtp pop3" service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } } service imap-login { inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0600 user = postfix } } ssl = required ssl_cert =
Any thoughts are most welcome!! Thanks in advance!!
On 07-05-2021 7:49 pm, techlists@phpcoderusa.com wrote: Ok, figured out the issue. My passwd-file was not configured correctly.
Now I can send however I cannot receive. I find nothing in the logs.
Now you are back to a postfix question so you might be told to move the convo back there. You might not be looking in the right place for the logs. On RHEL systems the default logs are (/var/log/maillog) but you can check your rsyslog to confirm where the logs are going. (/etc/rsyslog.conf)
I tested your postfix and it answered to telnet, so its working which means there will be logs somewhere. Find the logs first, without them no one can offer suggestions.
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