[Dovecot] Only method=PLAIN

[Manuel Fernández Panzuela]

Perfect Timo !!!

I have detected the problem with your help. Thank you so much !!
The error was due an error mapping ldap attributes.

King regads



2012/5/19 Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi>

> Sendmail configuration isn't relevant with Dovecot. Set
> auth_debug_passwords=yes to debug why the authentication isn't working.
>
> On Fri, 2012-05-18 at 09:19 +0200, Manuel Fernández Panzuela wrote:
> > Then, which is the correct configuration ? Are my config files ok ?
> > Openldap stores passwords encrypted with sha algorithm
> >
> > Sendmail could be the problem? Sendmail works with PAM authentication
> > /etc/pam.d/smtp to work with LDAP too.
> >
> > When I connect outlook with (Sendmail + Dovecot) password is requested,
> but
> > for all attempts I get the following error in /var/log/maillog
> >
> > Using TLS
> > dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: user=<manuel.fernandez.panzuela>,
> > method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:10.237.208.211, lip=::ffff:10.237.193.133, TLS
> >
> > Without TLS
> > dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: user=<manuel.fernandez.panzuela>,
> > method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:10.237.208.211, lip=::ffff:10.237.193.133
> >
> >
> > Sendmail.mc
> > FEATURE(correo_MFP)dnl
> > LDAPROUTE_DOMAIN(ldapserver.mfernandez.es)dnl
> > SMTPINI_JA(smtpinicial.mfernandez.es)dnl
> > OLD_DOMAIN(correo.mfernandez.es)dnl
> > LOCAL_MAIL_HOST(smtp-incial.mfernandez.es)dnl
> > define(confLDAP_DEFAULT_SPEC,`-h xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -p 389 -b
> > "o=usuarios,o=mfernandez,c=es" -d "cn=Admin,o=usuarios,o=mfernandez,c=es"
> > -M simple -P /etc/mail/passcorreo')dnl
> > define(`ALIAS_FILE', `ldap:')dnl
> > FEATURE(virtusertable, `LDAP')dnl
> > define(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS', `PLAIN')dnl
> > TRUST_AUTH_MECH(`PLAIN')dnl
> > define(SMART_HOST,`mail.mfernandez.es')dnl
> > dnl define(SMART_HOST,`localhost')dnl
> > dnl define(`ALIAS_FILE', `ldap:-b"" -v rfc822MailMember -k
> > &(objectClass=nisMailAlias)(cn=%0)')dnl
> > dnl correo_MFP - Fin de modificaciones necesarias
> > dnl **************************************************
> > MAILER(smtp)dnl
> > MAILER(procmail)dnl
> > Cwcorreo.mfernandez.es
> >
> > Thank you so much!
> >
> > 2012/5/17 Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi>
> >
> > > On 16.5.2012, at 19.36, Manuel Fernández Panzuela wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello
> > > >
> > > > I need to authenticate dovecot against openldap. OpenLdap's
> > > authentication
> > > > method requires SHA.
> > > > How must I set dovecot ?
> > > ..
> > > >        #mechanisms = plain SHA
> > > ..
> > > > If I uncomment #mechanisms = plain SHA  Dovecot doesn't start, the
> error:
> > > > dovecot: auth(default): Unknown authentication mechanism 'SHA'
> > >
> > > You're confusing the difference between authentication mechanism and
> > > password scheme. http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Authentication
> > >
> > > You want to use SHA1 as password scheme but still PLAIN mechanism.
>
>
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