Re: Can’t authenticate any users after upgrade.

[B. Reino]

On 2018-04-05 06:33, Helmut K. C. Tessarek wrote:
> On 2018-04-04 23:10, Kevin Cummings wrote:
>> PAM audit_log_acct_message() failed: Operation not permitted
>> imap-login: Disconnected (AUTH failed, 2 attempts in 10 secs):
>> user=<username>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.1.94 lip=192.168.1.94, TLS,
>> session=<sessionid>
> 
> Please look at my pull request at:
> https://github.com/dovecot/core/pull/71
> 
> Or, if it's any easier:
> 
> 1) Stop dovecot
> 2) Replace /usr/lib/systemd/system/dovecot.service with the attached 
> file

I'd recommend to just override the necessary options by creating 
/etc/systemd/system/dovecot.service.d/NoNewPrivileges.conf with the 
following content:

-<<--
[Service]
NoNewPrivileges=false
-->>-

This way the fix survives any updates and you don't have to mess with 
package-provided files.

> 3) systemctl daemon-reload
> 4) systemctl start dovecot