[Dovecot] auth-request.c: assertion failed: (*name != '\0')

[Tom Sommer]

I upgraded to beta7 from alpha4, and got this error during the auth process:

dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH   1       PLAIN   service=POP3   
lip=0.0.0.0       rip=0.0.0.0      resp=<hidden>
dovecot: auth-worker(default): sql(webmaster at example.com,0.0.0.0): query:
SELECT username as user, NULL as password FROM users WHERE username =
'webmaster at example.com' AND password = PASSWORD('mypassword')
dovecot: auth(default): file auth-request.c: line 723
(auth_request_set_field): assertion failed: (*name != '\0')
dovecot: child 8552 (auth) killed with signal 6


My SQL conf:

password_query = SELECT username as user, NULL as password FROM users
WHERE username = '%u' AND password = PASSWORD('%w')

as advised in a previous discussion in this list


Regards
-- 
Tom Sommer