[Dovecot] Authentication issue.

[Pascal Volk]

On 12/17/2010 07:07 PM dmitri tchernov wrote:
> 
> I gave it in the very first e-mail :-)

Sorry, my fault
> 
> # 2.0.2: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> # OS: Linux 2.6.34.6-xxxx-grs-ipv6-64 x86_64 Ubuntu 10.10 ext4
> auth_debug = yes
> auth_mechanisms = plain login
> disable_plaintext_auth = no
> log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S "
> mail_debug = yes
> mail_location = dbox:/mnt/dovecot/users/%n
> mail_privileged_group = mail
> mbox_read_locks = fcntl dotlock
> mbox_write_locks = fcntl dotlock
> mmap_disable = yes
> passdb {
>   args = /mnt/dovecot/userlist.passwd
>   driver = passwd-file
> }
> passdb {
>   driver = pam
> }
> protocols = imap pop3
> service auth {
>   unix_listener auth-master {
>     mode = 0600
>     user = doveusers
>   }
>   user = root
> }
> ssl = no
> userdb {
>   args = /mnt/dovecot/userlist.passwd
>   driver = passwd-file
> }
> protocol pop3 {
>   pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
> }
> protocol lda {
>   auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
>   postmaster_address = my-email at gmail.com
> }
> 

There is no userdb { driver = passwd } (please show `doveconf userdb`
output).
You can use doveadm to see if a user exists (if dovecot will find it in
the userdb): http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Tools/Doveadm/User

See also: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Tools/Doveadm/Auth


Regards,
Pascal
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