Still muddling through with broken auth...

Edgar Pettijohn edgar at pettijohn-web.com
Sat Apr 2 21:54:59 UTC 2016



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> On Apr 2, 2016, at 4:11 PM, Jason Pruim <pruimj at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hey Everyone,
> 
> I’m still muddling through my first install… Followed the tutorials on workaround.org <http://workaround.org/> which were very helpful! but don’t include much info if things don’t work 100%… and so far I haven’t been able to pin down where the error is. When I try: telnet localhost 143 this is what shows up in the maillot:
> 
> Apr  2 21:06:57 ip-172-31-24-2 dovecot: auth: Fatal: Unknown database driver 'sql'
> Apr  2 21:06:57 ip-172-31-24-2 dovecot: master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling for 2 secs
> Apr  2 21:06:57 ip-172-31-24-2 dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: Auth process broken (disconnected before auth was ready, waited 0 secs): user=<>, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured, session=<+lw34IYvVgB/AAAB>
> 
> With the failed driver for the database, I tried mysql and sql both of which produce the same error… I have a few other issues but I think those are related farther upstream… Not being able to sign into round cube for webmail, because of it being unable to connect to the storage container… But I think that’s a round cube issue… I want to get postfix and dovecot playing nicely before I worry too much about things like webmail access…
> 
> Here is my postconf -n:
> 
> [ec2-user at ip-172-31-24-2 dovecot]$ postconf -n
> alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
> alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
> command_directory = /usr/sbin
> config_directory = /etc/postfix
> daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
> data_directory = /var/lib/postfix
> debug_peer_level = 2
> html_directory = no
> inet_interfaces = localhost
> inet_protocols = all
> mail_owner = postfix
> mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix
> manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
> mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost
> newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix
> queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix
> readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.6.6/README_FILES
> sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.6.6/samples
> sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix
> setgid_group = postdrop
> unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550
> virtual_mailbox_domains = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual_mailbox_domains
> virtual_mailbox_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual_mailbox_users
> virtual_transport = dovecot
> [ec2-user at ip-172-31-24-2 dovecot]$ 


I don't use postfix, but I'm guessing the above hash:/etc/ should probably be some form of mysql:/etc/...

> 
> What else can I provide?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> 
> Jason Pruim
> pruimj at gmail.com
> 352.234.3175



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