Postfix/dovecot: user unrecognized, file permissions being misread

[Edgar Pettijohn]

On 16-07-03 18:17:48, C. Andrews Lavarre wrote:
> On Sun, 2016-07-03 at 15:56 -0500, Edgar Pettijohn wrote:
> > doveconf -n would be helpful
> Thank you:
> lavarre:/var/mail/vhosts/privustech.com # doveconf -n
> # 2.2.18: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> 
> # Pigeonhole version 0.4.8 (0c4ae064f307+)
> 
> # OS: Linux 4.1.26-21-default x86_64 openSUSE 42.1 (x86_64) ext4
> 
> auth_mechanisms = plain login
> 
> auth_verbose = yes
> 
> listen = *
> 
> log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log
> 
> mail_debug = yes
> 
> mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n
> 
> maildir_very_dirty_syncs = yes
> 
> managesieve_notify_capability = mailto
> 
> managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded
> -character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric r
> elational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify
> environment mailbox date index ihave duplicate
> 
> namespace inbox {
> 
>   inbox = yes
> 
>   location =  
>   mailbox Drafts {
> 
>     special_use = \Drafts
> 
>   }
> 
>   mailbox Junk {
> 
>     special_use = \Junk
> 
>   }
> 
>   mailbox Sent {
> 
>     special_use = \Sent
> 
>   }
> 
>   mailbox "Sent Messages" {
> 
>     special_use = \Sent
> 
>   }
> 
>   mailbox Trash {
> 
>     special_use = \Trash
> 
>   }
> 
>   prefix =  
> }
> 
> passdb {
> 
>   driver = pam
> 
> }
> 
> passdb {
> 
>   args = scheme=PLAIN username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/dovecot-users
> 
>   driver = passwd-file
> 
> }

Double check me, but I think you only want (1) passdb {} block.

> 
> plugin {
> 
>   sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve
> 
>   sieve_after = /var/mail/vmail/sieve-after
> 
>   sieve_before = /var/mail/vmail/sieve-before
> 
>   sieve_dir = ~/sieve
> 
> }
> 
> protocols = imap pop3 sieve
> 
> service auth {
> 
>   unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
> 
>     group = postfix
> 
>     mode = 0666
> 
>     user = postfix
> 
>   }
> 
> }
> 
> service imap-login {
> 
>   inet_listener imaps {
> 
>     port = 993
> 
>     ssl = yes
> 
>   }
> 
> }
> 
> service lmtp {
> 
>   unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/lmtp {
> 
>     group = postfix
> 
>     mode = 0600
> 
>     user = postfix
> 
>   }
> 
> }
> 
> service pop3-login {
> 
>   inet_listener pop3s {
> 
>     port = 995
> 
>     ssl = yes
> 
>   }
> 
> }
> 
> ssl = required
> 
> ssl_ca = </etc/ssl/certs/StartCom_Certification_Authority.pem
> 
> ssl_cert = </etc/apache2/ssl.crt/mail.privustech.com_start.crt
> 
> ssl_dh_parameters_length = 2048
> 
> ssl_key = </etc/apache2/ssl.key/mail.privustech.com.key
> 
> ssl_options = no_compression
> 
> ssl_prefer_server_ciphers = yes
> 
> userdb {
> 
>   driver = passwd
> 
> }
> 
> userdb {
> 
>   args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n
> 
>   driver = static
> 
> }

Same here and make sure driver = "passdb driver".

> 
> verbose_ssl = yes
> 
> protocol lda {
> 
>   deliver_log_format = msgid=%m: %$
> 
>   mail_plugins = sieve
> 
>   postmaster_address = postmaster at privustech.com
> 
>   quota_full_tempfail = yes
> 
>   rejection_reason = Your message to <%t> was automatically
> rejected:%n%r
> 
> }
> 
> protocol imap {
> 
>   imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail tb-extra-mailbox-sep
> 
>   mail_max_userip_connections = 10
> 
> }
I also noticed your certificate chain is broken.

http://wiki2.dovecot.org/TestInstallation

-- 
Edgar Pettijohn