[Dovecot] Dovecot auth problem on FreeBSD 4.10

[Viren Patel]

Sorry my typo in the email. The conf file does contain the '='.

> Hello.
>
> Sorry if I'm incorrect here, but before you get into scratching
> heads
> over something that might be subtle...
>
> Viren Patel wrote:
>> Thanks for your suggestion. I have tried
>>
>>    auth = default
>>    auth_userdb passwd_file /path/to/passwd/file
>>    auth_passdb passwd_file /path/to/passwd/file
>>
>> and
>>
>>    auth = plain
>>    auth_userdb passwd_file /path/to/passwd/file
>>    auth_passdb passwd_file /path/to/passwd/file
>>
>> but it still does not work - I get the same errors.
>
> don't auth_userdb and auth_passdb need a "=" between the keyword and
> the
> arguments?
>
> ie:
> auth = plain
> auth_userdb = passwd_file /path/to/passwd/file
> auth_passdb = passwd_file /path/to/passwd/file
>              ^ (missing that equal there)
>
> It might be the parser trying to get to find an auth-type
> "/path/to/passwd/file" or something.
>
> Brian
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