cant login to Dovecot

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am 12.06.2018 um 17:10 schrieb Walter Ulmke:
> 
> PAM war mir immer schon suspekt.
> 
> Ich habe den Bereich auskommentiert und erhalte nun:
> 
> auth: Error: stats: open(old-stats-user) failed: Permission denied
> Jun 12 17:04:44 ulmke2 dovecot[6883]: auth: Fatal: No passdbs specified

                                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> in configuration file. APOP mechanism need>
> Jun 12 17:04:44 ulmke2 dovecot[6880]: master: Error: service(auth): 
> command startup failed, throttling for 2 secs
> Jun 12 17:04:44 ulmke2 dovecot[6883]: imap-login: Disconnected: Auth 
> process broken (disconnected before auth was >
> 
> -- 
>   --
> Best Regards, Walter Ulmke

Wait, you have removed

passdb {
   driver = pam
}

from your configuration? That's the wrong part. Strip down 
auth_mechanisms to the mechanism(s) you really want to support and use. 
Forget about apop and use plain.

And and SSL configuration is incomplete.

Alexander