Hie all,

I am new to both Dovecot and this list. I am trying to set up a Dovecot and Sendmail mail server with OpenLDAP user database for authentication. The sendmail setup is working fine, but authentication for Dovemail is not working. When I try to authenticate using POP3, I get an "authentication failed" error, and the logs show the following:

Sep 19 16:53:21 tempo slapd[6316]: conn=74 op=2 SRCH base="dc=domain,dc=net" scope=2 deref=0 filter="(&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=kondie))" Sep 19 16:53:21 tempo slapd[6316]: conn=74 op=2 SRCH attr=uid userPassword Sep 19 16:53:21 tempo slapd[6316]: <= bdb_equality_candidates: (uid) index_param failed (18) Sep 19 16:53:21 tempo slapd[6316]: conn=74 op=2 SEARCH RESULT tag=101 err=0 nentries=1 text= Sep 19 16:53:21 tempo dovecot: auth(default): ldap(kondie,127.0.0.1): password mismatch Sep 19 16:53:25 tempo dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login [127.0.0.1] Sep 19 16:53:25 tempo slapd[6313]: conn=72 fd=14 closed

I know the password is correct because I am using the same LDAP database from a different server using UW Imap and it works.

My dovecot-ldap.conf file below:

hosts = localhost dn = cn=dovecot,dc=domain,dc=net ldap_version = 3 base = dc=domain,dc=net deref = never scope = subtree user_attrs = uid,homeDirectory user_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%u)) pass_attrs = uid,userPassword pass_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%u)) default_pass_scheme = CRYPT

And the relevant parts (I think) from dovecot.conf file:

I have googled all over and also the archives of this list for the last few months but I have not been able to work out what the problem is. As a matter of fact, I have tried to set it up the way it is described here: http://wiki.dovecot.org/moin.cgi/DovecotOpenLdap - but no luck.

Could someone please assist in resolving this problem. Any pointers are welcome.

Regards,

Kondie Masiye

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