Configure Dovecot Master User

[Oscar del Rio]

On 12/09/2014 7:58 AM, Listas at Adminlinux wrote:
> Replace
>   "a login mailadm*master master_password"
> for
>    "a login master*clovis master_password"

It should be the opposite:

a login username*masteruser master_password

where username is the regular user (e.g. "clovis") and masteruser is the 
master defined in /etc/dovecot/passwd.masterusers

Dovecot would log:
  auth: passdb(*masteruser*,IPADDRESS,master,<SESSIONID>): Master user 
logging in as *username*

The OP should also check that the master password file has the correct 
entries (it is a standard htpasswd file format) and it is readable by 
the dovecot process.