exempt local auth-client UNIX socket from failed login penalty // add to login_trusted_networks ?

[Timo Sirainen]

On 24 Jun 2016, at 13:33, Steffen Kaiser <skdovecot at smail.inf.fh-brs.de> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I'm using Dovecot v2.2 with  unix_listener auth-client {
> } to verify passwords for a different service. However, it looks like that auth_failure_delay effects all connects going through that socket.
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> I mean:
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> connect /var/run/dovecot2.2/auth-client
> attempt bad auth
> 2s penalty
> NO
> disconnect
> ==> Note, it's another connection almost immediately following each
> connect /var/run/dovecot2.2/auth-client
> attempt good auth
> 2s penalty
> OK
> disconnect
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> Can I disable auth_failure_delay for local UNIX sockets?
> How do I add it to login_trusted_networks?

If you add no-penalty parameter to the AUTH command you avoid the penalty.