[Dovecot] unknown user

[Thomas Leuxner]

Am 08.04.2010 um 16:56 schrieb Simone Neugierig:

> but dovecot doesnt know my user:
> #dovecot-info.log
> dovecot: Apr 08 16:16:42 Info: auth(default): passwd-file(julius at abm.ath.cx): unknown user
> 
> 
> my user:
> #/etc/dovecot/passwd
> julius:{PLAIN}somepassword

Hi,

assuming this is 1.1+ you may try username_format=%n, as recent Dovecot's have changed defaults:

  passdb passwd-file {
               args = username_format=%n /etc/dovecot/passwd
       }

Regards
Thomas