[Dovecot] /etc/passwd authentication: ERR authentication failed

[Timo Sirainen]

On Sat, 2006-03-18 at 22:36 +0700, Quoc Huy Trinh wrote:
> Hi all, I am a newbie with dovecot. I have a problem with it's
> authentication.
>   -I installed dovecot 1.0 beta3 at /usr/local/dovecot.
>   -I want to use my linux system accounts with mail (authentication
> using /etc/passwd). 
>   -I have a user account: huytq with password: 123456

So the password really exists in /etc/passwd? And in crypt-format, not
in plaintext?

>           dovecot: Mar 18 22:26:50 Info: auth(default):
> passwd(huytq,192.168.1.253): password mismatch 

Either Dovecot doesn't get the password, or it's wrong.. You could try
setting auth_debug_passwords=yes to see what it says.

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