I setup dovecot on my laptop to practice on.

I was following some of the information on this page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PostfixVirtualMailBoxClamSmtpHowto#Testing Your Setup

I created the in this format: user:{plain}pass:1000:1000::/home/user::userdb_mail=maildir:~/Maildir

for userdb passwd-file.

I used smart for the user and wade for the password (its just for testing) and then attempted to log into the system.

Im getting these errors:

auth-worker(default): pam(smart,127.0.1.1): lookup service=dovecot auth-worker(default): pam(smart,127.0.1.1): #1/1 style=1 msg=Password; auth-worker(default): pam(smart,127.0.1.1): pam_authenticate() failed: Authentication failure( password mismatch?) auth-worker(default): passwd-file /etc/dovecot/passwd.dovecot: Read 1 users auth-worker(default): passwd-file(smart,127.0.1.1): lookup: user=smart file=/etc/dovecot/passwd.dovecot

Its reading the file but the password is incorrect. Im not understanding that part.

Wade Smart

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