[Dovecot] Can't get apop to work.

[Greg Lorriman]

Hi Folks,
   
  I'm fairly new to linux so this message may reflect that.
   
  dovecot info (running on CentOS 5.0):
   
  
protocols: pop3s
listen:
ssl_cert_file: /etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem
ssl_key_file: /etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
login_dir: /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/login
login_executable: /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login
mail_executable: /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3
mail_plugin_dir: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3
pop3_uidl_format: %v.%u
auth default:
  debug: yes
  debug_passwords: yes
  passdb:
    driver: pam
  userdb:
    driver: passwd


  If I select apop as one of the allowed protocols (in order to avoid having to use ssl) I get this error message in the mail log :
   
  "APOP mechanism can't be supported with given passdbs"
   
  I tried fiddling with PAM by adding an /etc/pam.d/apop file with these contents :
   
  auth required pam_unix.so nullok
  account required pam_unix.so
   
  makes no difference, in anycase as much reading as I;ve done to understand PAM I still have not much clue: the docs are quite obscure.
   
  My /etc/pam.d/dovecot file looks like this :
   
  #%PAM-1.0
  auth required pam_nologin.so
  auth include system-auth
  account include system-auth
  session include system-auth
   
  At this point I seem to be out of options. I've been through the docs, and trawled the internet.
   
  Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
   
  Thanks,
   
  Greg
   
   
   
   

       
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