[Dovecot] uid / gid and systemusers

[Timo Sirainen]

On 8.1.2012, at 17.37, xamiw at arcor.de wrote:

> Jan  8 16:18:28 test dovecot: User q is missing UID (see mail_uid setting)
> Jan  8 16:18:28 test dovecot: imap-login: Internal login failure (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<q>, method=PLAIN, rip=AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD, lip=EEE.FFF.GGG.HHH TLS    <--- edited by me
..
> auth default {
>  mechanisms = plain
>  passdb shadow {
>  }
> }

You have passdb, but no userdb.

> /etc/passwd:
> ...
> g:x:1000:1000:test1,,,:/home/g:/bin/bash
> q:x:1001:1001:test2,,,:/home/q:/bin/bash

To use /etc/passwd as userdb, you need to add userdb passwd {}