Still muddling through with broken auth...

[Jason Pruim]

Jason Pruim
pruimj at gmail.com
352.234.3175


> On Apr 2, 2016, at 6:42 PM, Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org> wrote:
> 
> Am 03.04.2016 um 00:26 schrieb Jason Pruim:
>> Hey Edgar,
>> 
>> Thanks for catching that! Missed it earlier! Got it changed but I’m still having the same error updated postconf -n:
> 
> Why do you provide the Postfix configuration? Absolutely unrelated to the shown dovecot error.

I provide what I know how to provide :)
> 
>> [ec2-user at ip-172-31-24-2 conf.d]$ 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_alias_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual-alias-maps.cf
>> virtual_mailbox_domains = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual-mailbox-domains.cf
>> virtual_mailbox_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual-mailbox-maps.cf
>> virtual_transport = dovecot
>> [ec2-user at ip-172-31-24-2 conf.d]$
> 
> While being at Postfix: You have zero SASL configuration, unless it is defined in master.cf for the submission transport.

Lets do 1 problem at a time… Unless SASL is needed for sending email?
> 
>> Here is the same error:
>> 
>> Apr  2 22:25:50 ip-172-31-24-2 dovecot: auth: Fatal: Unknown database driver 'sql'
>> Apr  2 22:25:50 ip-172-31-24-2 dovecot: master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling for 60 secs
>> Apr  2 22:25:50 ip-172-31-24-2 dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: Auth process broken (disconnected before auth was ready, waited 9 secs): user=<>, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured, session=<leZR+ocvhwB/AAAB>
> 
> Please provide the output of "doveconf -n". You have a severe configuration error so that the auth process fails.

Here is the output:

[ec2-user at ip-172-31-24-2 conf.d]$ dovecot -n
# 2.2.10: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 4.1.17-22.30.amzn1.x86_64 x86_64  ext4
auth_mechanisms = plain login
mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir
mbox_write_locks = fcntl
namespace inbox {
  inbox = yes
  location = 
  prefix = 
  separator = .
}
passdb {
  args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext
  driver = sql
}
protocols = imap lmtp
service auth {
  unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
    group = postfix
    mode = 0660
    user = postfix
  }
  unix_listener auth-userdb {
    group = postfix
    mode = 0600
    user = postfix
  }
  user = dovecot
}
service imap-login {
  inet_listener imap {
    port = 143
  }
  inet_listener imaps {
    port = 993
  }
}
service lmtp {
  unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp {
    group = postfix
    mode = 0600
    user = postfix
  }
}
ssl = no
ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem
ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
ssl_protocols = !SSLv2 !SSLv3
userdb {
  args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n
  driver = static
}
protocol lmtp {
  mail_plugins = " sieve"
}
protocol lda {
  mail_plugins = " sieve"
}
[ec2-user at ip-172-31-24-2 conf.d]$ 


It’s been awhile since I’ve run a mail server, and never to this extent… Always through hosting companies except for about 15 years ago when I did it for fun! :)

Thanks for all your help!