[Dovecot] Plain Text Auth

[Adam Barrett]

I have the following set in my conf

disable_plaintext_auth = no
auth =default
auth_mechanisms = plain
auth_userdb = passwd /etc/passwd
auth_passdb = shadow 

it has been a long time since I studied up on shadow and passwd, but
to my recall if you have in your passwd file something to the effect
of

name:*:123456

that the * means you are using shadow for your passdb, right? 

On 5/24/05, Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi> wrote:
> On 24.5.2005, at 06:26, Adam Barrett wrote:
> 
> > I dont know where I went wrong, I have got the Dovecot finally looking
> > for an auth, but it doesnt accept my passwords.
> >
> > Let me know what you need to see and I will post it...
> 
> Set auth_verbose = yes in config file and see what it says in logs.
> 
> What passdb are you using? (and in what format the passwords?)
> 
> 
> 


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Adam Barrett
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