[Dovecot] Startup info message
Hi folks,
I'm using the latest Dovecot 1.16 with Postfix for my FreeBSD box. Since v1.1.4 (if i remember correctly), the following message is displayed whenever starting Dovecot.
"Info: If you have trouble with authentication failures, enable auth_debug setting. See http://wiki.dovecot.org/WhyDoesItNotWork"
Besides that, Dovecot works great but I wonder what this message is all about. I've searched wiki and mailing list but didn't find anything related.
PS: I removed Dovecot removing all stalled files and directories and reinstalled it from scratch. Still the message is displayed whenever it starts.
Any idea?
Athan
On Thu, 30 Oct 2008, Athan Dimoy wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm using the latest Dovecot 1.16 with Postfix for my FreeBSD box. Since
v1.1.4 (if i remember correctly), the following message is displayed whenever starting Dovecot."Info: If you have trouble with authentication failures, enable auth_debug setting. See http://wiki.dovecot.org/WhyDoesItNotWork"
Besides that, Dovecot works great but I wonder what this message is all
about. I've searched wiki and mailing list but didn't find anything related.
It was in the release notes and supposed to go away upon first successful authentication.
-- Matthias Andree
Athan Dimoy wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm using the latest Dovecot 1.16 with Postfix for my FreeBSD box. Since v1.1.4 (if i remember correctly), the following message is displayed whenever starting Dovecot.
"Info: If you have trouble with authentication failures, enable auth_debug setting. See http://wiki.dovecot.org/WhyDoesItNotWork"
Besides that, Dovecot works great but I wonder what this message is all about. I've searched wiki and mailing list but didn't find anything related.
PS: I removed Dovecot removing all stalled files and directories and reinstalled it from scratch. Still the message is displayed whenever it starts.
Any idea?
Ah, the irony. The message that was supposed to generate less questions actually causes questions itself.
If your Dovecot works, just ignore it.
~Seth
On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 08:30 -0700, Seth Mattinen wrote:
"Info: If you have trouble with authentication failures, enable auth_debug setting. See http://wiki.dovecot.org/WhyDoesItNotWork"
Ah, the irony. The message that was supposed to generate less questions actually causes questions itself.
I did think about this myself before releasing 1.1.6, but then thought it'll generate questions only for a short time while people are upgrading, so it's not worth it to add a new line saying "This message goes away after the first successful authentication."
Thank you both for the explanation.
@Timo: this message doesn't go way even after a successful login; Dovecot
always displays it when it starts, even after /var/lib/dovecot being
deleted. I count it as a bug although a minor one.
Anyway, not something serious, as Dovecot works really great.
Athan
On Oct 30, 2008, at 9:50 PM, Athan Dimoy wrote:
Thank you both for the explanation.
@Timo: this message doesn't go way even after a successful login;
Hmm. After a successful imap/pop3 login, you should have /var/lib/ dovecot/auth-success file. Do you have it?
Dovecot always displays it when it starts, even after /var/lib/ dovecot being deleted.
That's right, because then it doesn't have the auth-success file.
On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:59:20 +0200, Timo Sirainen tss@iki.fi wrote:
Hmm. After a successful imap/pop3 login, you should have /var/lib/ dovecot/auth-success file. Do you have it?
Dovecot always displays it when it starts, even after /var/lib/ dovecot being deleted.
That's right, because then it doesn't have the auth-success file.
You're right, message is not displayed after auth-success initially being
created.
PS. Could you please consider adding a couple of lines in the wiki docs,
describing the exact purpose of this message.
Thanks Timo!
Athan
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Athan Dimoy
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Matthias Andree
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Seth Mattinen
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Timo Sirainen