[Dovecot] problem with IMAP authentication with Thunderbird in local network

Timo Sirainen tss at iki.fi
Fri Mar 31 17:37:22 EEST 2006


On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 10:27 +0100, Marco Ceccarelli - tnx.it wrote:
> I've installed dovecot in our debian and when i login from localhost it work.
> when we try from our local network it give an error as this:
> 
> Mar 31 11:25:27 linux2 dovecot: auth(default): client out:
> FAIL^I1^Iuser=mcecccarelli
> Mar 31 11:25:27 linux2 dovecot: auth(default): client in:
> AUTH^I2^IPLAIN^Iservice=IMAP^Ilip=192.168.0.105^Irip=192.168.0.115^Iresp=AG1jZWNjY2ZWxsaQBzZW5uYTk0
> Mar 31 11:25:29 linux2 dovecot: auth(default):
> pam(mcecccarelli,192.168.0.115): pam_authenticate() failed: User not known to
> the underlying ahentication module
> Mar 31 11:25:31 linux2 dovecot: auth(default): client out:
> FAIL^I2^Iuser=mcecccarelli
> 
> i see that whe i try to login from localhost it try with pam(mcecccarelli)
> when i try from local network it try with pam(mcecccarelli,192.168.0.115)
> 
> what i have to configure to make authorized all ip from local network ?

/etc/pam.d/dovecot I guess. The problem is with PAM configuration, not
with Dovecot configuration.




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