[Dovecot] Problem with sasl auth with postfix...

[Pascal Volk]

On 13.03.2009 21:01 Douglas M. Stanley wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I'm running into some problems, and I couldn't find any info about this anywhere on the net.
> 
> I recently set up a new debian lenny machine, and used my notes from the last debian etch
> machine I set up, which basically is for postfix + dovecot for sasl auth.
> 
> On my old etch box, in the dovecot.conf, in the auth default section, I have a
>   socket listen {
>     client {
>       path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
>       mode = 0660
>       user = postfix
>       group = postfix
>     }
>   }
> 
> However, if I use the same config on my lenny setup, dovecot fails to start, and I see this
> in my logs:
> 
> Mar 13 19:16:30 mailserver dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.15 starting up
> Mar 13 19:16:30 mailserver dovecot: auth(default): User doesn't exist: postfix
> Mar 13 19:16:30 mailserver dovecot: Auth process died too early - shutting down
> Mar 13 19:16:30 mailserver dovecot: child 4623 (auth) returned error 89
> 
> Now if I comment out the user and group lines, it works fine, but the socket is
> owned by root, and so I have to change the mode line so that it's world readable
> in order for postfix to use it.
> 
> The version of dovecot in etch is: 1.0.rc15-2etch4
> and the version in lenny is: 1.0.15-2.3
> 
> Any ideas why this might be happening? Did the syntax to do this change between those
> versions? Any input? I guess I don't mind leaving it world readable, but I wasted an
> entire morning trying everything to get it to work, so I guess I'm hoping some one
> atleast has an answer as to why it doesn't work.

Is Postfix installed on this system? If so, what shows the command
	postconf -h mail_owner


Regards,
Pascal
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