[Dovecot] password issue

[Chris Buckley]

On Mon, 25 Aug 2008, gishaust wrote:
> dovecot-mysql.conf  and then restarted dovecot. then telnet and came up with 
> the same issue

Right - we're getting there then..! :)

> the log says the following
>
> Aug 25 10:09:12 mta dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.10 starting up
> Aug 25 10:09:13 mta dovecot: auth-worker(default): mysql: Connected to 
> 127.0.0.1 (postfix)
> Aug 25 10:11:33 mta dovecot: auth-worker(default): 
> plain_md5_verify(sal at prt.com): Invalid password encoding

Easily fixed.  (You are using MD5 for your passphrases, right?)

in dovecot-sql.conf
default_pass_scheme = MD5

/etc/init.d/dovecot restart

That should work.

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