[Dovecot] Dovecot and MySQL auth - initial setup issues

[Dumitru Negara]

Hi,

Andrew Hearn wrote:
> James Bowling wrote:
>   
>> Are you using a password encryption scheme for your user passwords in
>> the mysql db?  You might want to enable the following to help debug the
>> issue more in your dovecot.conf:
>>
>> auth_verbose = yes
>> auth_debug = yes
>> auth_debug_passwords = yes
>>
>> Restart Dovecot and then try logging in.  This will spit out alot more
>> information about the process and might give us a better look into your
>> issue.
>>
>>     
>
>
> Thanks James,
>
> I'm using plain at the moment whilst testing and getting this working,
> the database has a plain password, and
> under  auth default {  I've now set:
>  mechanisms = plain
>
>
> The log I now get is:
>
> dovecot: Jul 11 17:01:21 Info: auth(default): client in: AUTH   1
> PLAIN   service=IMAP    lip=::ffff:81.187.11.54 rip=::ffff:81.187.11.8
> resp=AGFuZHJld0BtYWlsLXRlc3QuYWFpc3AubmV0LnVrADIzNzQyNg==
> dovecot: Jul 11 17:01:21 Info: auth-worker(default):
> sql(andrew at mail-test.aaisp.net.uk,::ffff:81.187.11.8): query: SELECT
> password FROM users WHERE id = 'andrew at mail-test.aaisp.net.uk'
> dovecot: Jul 11 17:01:21 Info: auth(default): client out: OK    1
> user=andrew at mail-test.aaisp.net.uk
> dovecot: Jul 11 17:01:21 Info: auth(default): master in: REQUEST
> 4       17643   1
> dovecot: Jul 11 17:01:21 Info: auth-worker(default):
> sql(andrew at mail-test.aaisp.net.uk,::ffff:81.187.11.8): SELECT maildir
> FROM users WHERE id = 'andrew at mail-test.aaisp.net.uk'
> dovecot: Jul 11 17:01:21 Error: auth-worker(default):
> sql(andrew at mail-test.aaisp.net.uk,::ffff:81.187.11.8): Password query
> didn't return uid, or it was NULL
> dovecot: Jul 11 17:01:21 Info: auth(default):
> passwd(andrew at mail-test.aaisp.net.uk,::ffff:81.187.11.8): unknown user
> dovecot: Jul 11 17:01:21 Error: auth(default):
> userdb(andrew at mail-test.aaisp.net.uk,::ffff:81.187.11.8): user not found
> from userdb
> dovecot: Jul 11 17:01:21 Info: auth(default): master out: NOTFOUND      4
> dovecot: Jul 11 17:01:21 Info: imap-login: Internal login failure:
> user=<andrew at mail-test.aaisp.net.uk>, method=PLAIN,
> rip=::ffff:81.187.11.8, lip=::ffff:81.187.11.54
>
>
>
> I'm not sure why it's saying "Password query didn't return uid", that
> that seems the issue.
>
>
> I'll carry on playing... Andrew
>
>   

This page http://wiki.dovecot.org/VirtualUsers can provide you more 
information regarding virtual users.

Regards,
Dumitru