[Dovecot] disable_plaintext_auth = no ignored by dovecot in Ubuntu 10.04

[Dave100]

On 01/30/2011 10:25 PM, David Mattox wrote:
> Help!!
>
> I have been trying to get Dovecot configured to allow plaintext auth 
> with no success.  After some testing with the mail system I discovered 
> the >dovecot -a   commant to dump the config file values from the 
> program.  Gee, changing the value of disable_plaintext_auth had no 
> effect on what the program reported this value to be!
>
> To eliminate possible errors caused by other config file entries I 
> finally restored the /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf  file that was created 
> by installing the package.  I then changed the one line to uncomment 
> disable_plaintext_auth and set it equal to no.
>
> restart the box and execute
>
> dovecot -a
>
> The value is still set to the default value of yes...
>
>
> Help!  What is happening and how to I get this system to allow plain 
> text auth without TLS?
>
> I did also try setting different ports for imap, imaps, pop3, pop3s  
> inside the seperate protocol blocks with no effect.
>
> Below you will find a partial of the config file.  Below that you will 
> find the output of >dovecot -a   and >dovecot -n
>
> Thank you in advance for any help with this problem.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>
> dave at mail:~$ cat /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> ## Dovecot configuration file
>
> # If you're in a hurry, see http://wiki.dovecot.org/QuickConfiguration
>
> # "dovecot -n" command gives a clean output of the changed settings. 
> Use it
> # instead of copy&pasting this file when posting to the Dovecot 
> mailing list.
>
> # '#' character and everything after it is treated as comments. Extra 
> spaces
> # and tabs are ignored. If you want to use either of these explicitly, 
> put the
> # value inside quotes, eg.: key = "# char and trailing whitespace  "
> ...
> #listen = *
>
> disable_plaintext_auth = no
>
>
>
>
> dave at mail:~$ sudo dovecot -n
> # 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> # OS: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686 Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
> log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
> protocols: imap pop3 imaps pop3s managesieve
> ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-mail.pem
> ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/ssl-mail.key
> ssl_cipher_list: 
> ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:ALL:!aNULL:!ADH:!eNULL:!EXP:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM
> login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
> login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
> login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
> login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login
> login_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve-login
> mail_privileged_group: mail
> mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir
> mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock
> mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
> mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
> mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
> mail_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve
> mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap
> mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap
> mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3
> mail_plugin_dir(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/managesieve
> imap_client_workarounds(default): outlook-idle delay-newmail
> imap_client_workarounds(imap): outlook-idle delay-newmail
> imap_client_workarounds(pop3):
> imap_client_workarounds(managesieve):
> pop3_client_workarounds(default):
> pop3_client_workarounds(imap):
> pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh
> pop3_client_workarounds(managesieve):
> lda:
>   postmaster_address: postmaster
>   mail_plugins: sieve
>   quota_full_tempfail: yes
>   deliver_log_format: msgid=%m: %$
>   rejection_reason: Your message to <%t> was automatically rejected:%n%r
> auth default:
>   mechanisms: plain login
>   passdb:
>     driver: pam
>   userdb:
>     driver: passwd
>   socket:
>     type: listen
>     client:
>       path: /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-auth
>       mode: 432
>       user: postfix
>       group: postfix
> plugin:
>   sieve: ~/.dovecot.sieve
>   sieve_dir: ~/sieve
> dave at mail:~$
>
>
>
>
>
>
> dave at mail:~$ sudo dovecot -a
> # 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> # OS: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686 Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
> base_dir: /var/run/dovecot
> log_path:
> info_log_path:
> log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
> syslog_facility: mail
> protocols: imap pop3 imaps pop3s managesieve
> listen: *
> ssl_listen:
> ssl: yes
> ssl_ca_file:
> ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-mail.pem
> ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/ssl-mail.key
> ssl_key_password:
> ssl_parameters_regenerate: 168
> ssl_cipher_list: 
> ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:ALL:!aNULL:!ADH:!eNULL:!EXP:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM
> ssl_cert_username_field: commonName
> ssl_verify_client_cert: no
> disable_plaintext_auth: yes
> verbose_ssl: no
>
>
>
Possibly someone can point me to how to build Dovecot 2.0 against Ubuntu 
10.04.  I see that Dovecot 2.0 has addressed this issue on a net by net 
basis.