[Dovecot] Dovecot - not pulling pop3s email from virtual mbox

Sat Jan 18 17:41:42 EET 2014

I made it work ...

changed the path in mail_location and it started working
Thanks

On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Ganesh Hariharan <ghariharan at gmail.com>wrote:

> *Please ignore the previous logs, The latest logs is like this*
>
> Jan 18 18:24:20 ns dovecot: pop3(info at ghhdomain.com): Disconnected:
> Logged out top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0
> Jan 18 18:24:21 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: auth client connected
> (pid=6565)uth: Debug: Module loaded:
> /usr/lib/dovecot/auth/libdriver_sqlite.so
> Jan 18 18:24:20 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded:
> /usr/lib/dovecot/auth/libmech_gssapi.so
> Jan 18 18:24:20 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file /etc/dovecot/users:
> Read 1 users
> Jan 18 18:24:20 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=6557)
> Jan 18 18:24:20 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: client in:
> AUTH#0111#011CRAM-MD5#011service=pop3#011secured#011lip=10.0.0.12#011rip=10.0.0.12#011lport=995#011rport=60220
> Jan 18 18:24:20 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: client out:
> CONT#0111#011PDkyMTUxNjk0NjcyMTczNTguMTM5MDA0OTY2MEBucy5tYXN0ZXItc2VydmVyPg==
> Jan 18 18:24:20 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: client in:
> CONT#0111#011aW5mb0BnaGhkb21haW4uY29tIGQxYWQ3YjFjZGJhNzgzYThlZTE0YjFmYTQzZWRhNWYy
> Jan 18 18:24:20 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file(info at ghhdomain.com,10.0.0.12):
> lookup: user=info at ghhdomain.com file=/etc/dovecot/users
> Jan 18 18:24:20 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: password(info at ghhdomain.com,10.0.0.12):
> Credentials:
> 8314fef5923bb513c7e8be9e663501bbc56ce1012aae68e4c68852be5ab8da76
> Jan 18 18:24:20 ns dovecot: auth
> Jan 18 18:24:21 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: client in:
> AUTH#0111#011CRAM-MD5#011service=pop3#011secured#011lip=10.0.0.12#011rip=10.0.0.12#011lport=995#011rport=60221
> Jan 18 18:24:21 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: client out:
> CONT#0111#011PDgzODc1MDY2NDY4MTI4NDIuMTM5MDA0OTY2MUBucy5tYXN0ZXItc2VydmVyPg==
> Jan 18 18:24:21 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: client in:
> CONT#0111#011aW5mb0BnaGhkb21haW4uY29tIDQxZGNhMjZhNWFiNDE4Nzc3OWMyNjA4YWZjZTZlM2U3
> Jan 18 18:24:21 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file(info at ghhdomain.com,10.0.0.12):
> lookup: user=info at ghhdomain.com file=/etc/dovecot/users
> Jan 18 18:24:21 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: password(info at ghhdomain.com,10.0.0.12):
> Credentials:
> 8314fef5923bb513c7e8be9e663501bbc56ce1012aae68e4c68852be5ab8da76
> Jan 18 18:24:21 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: client out: OK#0111#011user=
> info at ghhdomain.com
> Jan 18 18:24:21 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: master in:
> REQUEST#0113064463361#0116565#0111#0113f28733155b91b94914b425475b79851
> Jan 18 18:24:21 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file(info at ghhdomain.com,10.0.0.12):
> lookup: user=info at ghhdomain.com file=/etc/dovecot/users
> Jan 18 18:24:21 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: master out: USER#0113064463361#
> 011info at ghhdomain.com#011uid=503#011gid=503<http://011info@ghhdomain.com#011uid=503%23011gid=503>
> Jan 18 18:24:21 ns dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<info at ghhdomain.com>,
> method=CRAM-MD5, rip=10.0.0.12, lip=10.0.0.12, mpid=6566, TLS
> Jan 18 18:24:21 ns dovecot: pop3(info at ghhdomain.com): Debug: Effective
> uid=503, gid=503, home=
> Jan 18 18:24:21 ns dovecot: pop3(info at ghhdomain.com): Debug: mbox: INBOX
> defaulted to /var/spool/mail/ghhdomain.com/info/inbox
> Jan 18 18:24:21 ns dovecot: pop3(info at ghhdomain.com): Debug: fs:
> root=/var/spool/mail/ghhdomain.com/info, index=, control=,
> inbox=/var/spool/mail/ghhdomain.com/info/inbox
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 6:34 PM, Ganesh Hariharan <ghariharan at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Client is able to authenticate to the dovecot server using cram-md5
>> password, and I can see the file being created by dovecot server under
>> /var/spool/mail/ghhdomain.com/info/Inbox, having said it is 0 byte file
>> and no mails are found
>>
>>
>> any help is appreciated..
>>
>>
>> logs as below
>> Jan 18 17:22:53 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=5162)
>> Jan 18 17:22:53 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: client in:
>> AUTH#0111#011CRAM-MD5#011service=pop3#011secured#011lip=10.0.0.12#011rip=10.0.0.12#011lport=995#011rport=60156
>> Jan 18 17:22:53 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: client out:
>> CONT#0111#011PDA0NDM3NzgzNDMyODE4MzMuMTM5MDA0NTk3M0Bucy5tYXN0ZXItc2VydmVyPg==
>> Jan 18 17:22:53 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: client in:
>> CONT#0111#011aW5mb0BnaGhkb21haW4uY29tIGJhMGYwMGEzZmZkMjU5YWJjZDA4ZTI5ZmIwZDY4Y2Mw
>> Jan 18 17:22:53 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file(info at ghhdomain.com,10.0.0.12):
>> lookup: user=info at ghhdomain.com file=/etc/dovecot/users
>> Jan 18 17:22:53 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: password(info at ghhdomain.com,10.0.0.12):
>> Credentials:
>> 8314fef5923bb513c7e8be9e663501bbc56ce1012aae68e4c68852be5ab8da76
>> Jan 18 17:22:53 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: client out: OK#0111#011user=
>> info at ghhdomain.com
>> Jan 18 17:22:53 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: master in:
>> REQUEST#011931659777#0115162#0111#011ec6a642974dcbb984952b19eb208d849
>> Jan 18 17:22:53 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file(info at ghhdomain.com,10.0.0.12):
>> lookup: user=info at ghhdomain.com file=/etc/dovecot/users
>> Jan 18 17:22:53 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: master out: USER#011931659777#
>> 011info at ghhdomain.com#011uid=503#011gid=503#011home=/bin/false<http://011info@ghhdomain.com#011uid=503%23011gid=503%23011home=/bin/false>
>> Jan 18 17:22:53 ns dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<info at ghhdomain.com>,
>> method=CRAM-MD5, rip=10.0.0.12, lip=10.0.0.12, mpid=5163, TLS
>> Jan 18 17:22:53 ns dovecot: pop3(info at ghhdomain.com): Debug: Effective
>> uid=503, gid=503, home=/bin/false
>> Jan 18 17:22:53 ns dovecot: pop3(info at ghhdomain.com): Error:
>> chdir(/bin/false) failed: Not a directory
>> Jan 18 17:22:53 ns dovecot: pop3(info at ghhdomain.com): Debug: mbox: INBOX
>> defaulted to /var/spool/mail/info at ghhdomain.com/inbox
>>
>>
>> the current config as below
>> # 2.0.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
>> # OS: Linux 2.6.32-431.el6.i686 i686 CentOS release 6.5 (Final) ext4
>> auth_debug = yes
>> auth_debug_passwords = yes
>> auth_mechanisms = cram-md5
>> mail_debug = yes
>> mail_full_filesystem_access = yes
>> mail_gid = 503
>> mail_location = mbox:/var/spool/mail/ghhdomain.com/%n
>>  mail_uid = 503
>> mbox_write_locks = fcntl
>> passdb {
>>   args = scheme=cram-md5 username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users
>>   driver = passwd-file
>> }
>> service pop3-login {
>>   inet_listener pop3 {
>>     port = 110
>>   }
>>   inet_listener pop3s {
>>     port = 995
>>     ssl = yes
>>   }
>> }
>> ssl_cert = </etc/postfix/newcert.pem
>> ssl_key = </etc/postfix/newkey.pem
>> userdb {
>>   args = /etc/dovecot/users
>>   driver = passwd-file
>> }
>>  userdb {
>>   args = username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users
>>   driver = passwd-file
>> }
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 6:14 PM, Steffen Kaiser <
>> skdovecot at smail.inf.fh-brs.de> wrote:
>>
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>>> Hash: SHA1
>>>
>>> On Thu, 16 Jan 2014, Ganesh Hariharan wrote:
>>>
>>>  I have two files , users and passwd
>>>>
>>>> cat /etc/dovecot/users
>>>> info at ghhdomain.com:501:501:/var/spool/mail/ghhdomain/info/:/bin/false:
>>>>
>>>> [sysopminds at ns ~]$ cat /etc/dovecot/passwd
>>>> info at ghhdomain.com:
>>>> {CRAM-MD5}e02d374fde0dc75a17a557039a3a5338c7743304777dccd376f332bee68d
>>>> 2cf6:503:503
>>>>
>>>
>>> See: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/PasswdFile
>>> the syntax is: user:password:uid:gid:(gecos):home:(shell):extra_fields
>>> so your user file is wrong. But this error would come later.
>>>
>>> The config shows that you have not configured no passdb. Re-check that
>>> you've included the appropriate auth*ext files, e.g. the
>>> auth-passwdfile.conf.ext.
>>>
>>>
>>>  On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 3:44 PM, Steffen Kaiser <
>>>> skdovecot at smail.inf.fh-brs.de> wrote:
>>>>
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>>>>> Hash: SHA1
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 16 Jan 2014, Ganesh Hariharan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Jan 16 09:27:04 ns dovecot: auth: Error: passwd-file
>>>>> /etc/dovecot/users:
>>>>>
>>>>>> User info at ghhdomain.com has invalid GID '/var/spool/mail/ghhdomain/
>>>>>> info/'
>>>>>> Jan 16 09:27:04 ns dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file
>>>>>> /etc/dovecot/users:
>>>>>> Read 0 users
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>  Please see my configs
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  don't grab selected output from the conf files, use doveconf -n
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  users file look like this
>>>>>> info at ghhdomain.com:
>>>>>> {CRAM-MD5}e02d374fde0dc75a17a557039a3a53
>>>>>> 38c7743304777dccd376f332bee68d
>>>>>> 2cf6:503:503
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Do you have a line with "/var/spool/mail/ghhdomain/info/" in
>>>>> /etc/dovecot/users ? Post that line and, say, three lines before and
>>>>> three
>>>>> after it.
>>>>>
>>>>> - -- Steffen Kaiser
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>>>>
>>> - -- Steffen Kaiser
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