Hi !

Problem: Auth doesn't work, can't figure out why :(

More precisely:

setup: dovecot 0.99.10.9 pop3 only Userdb + Passwd via passwd-file. Anything plaintext. (communication client server, passwords in passwd-file, well, for first tests non public server... if I get it working, I'll try better ways - of course)

non standard parts of my config:

protocols = pop3 ssl_disable = yes auth = default auth_mechanisms = plain auth_userdb = passwd-file /passwd_file auth_passdb = passwd-file /passwd_file auth_verbose = yes

/passwd_file content: nick#sales.blabla:{PLAIN}test:500:500::::/mail/nick

well, syntax is not 100% obvious from docu, but that's the way I understood it. (examples would be nice) That's how I understood semantics: If client sends user nick#sales.blabla and password test, dovecot accesses /mail/nick (maildir) with UID 500, GID 500 ????

problem: Auth fails. In logfiles I get this: dovecot-auth: Aug 30 22:36:20 Info: mech-plain(nick#sales.blabla): invalid username. (So no typo in mail client account setup or anytihng like this). Of course clients says auth fialed as well.

Well, nick#sales.blabla is not a user on the test machine, but that's on purpose. It IS in /passwd-file :/

Anyone any idea ?

Thx i.A for help !