auth module logging

[Timo Sirainen]

On 4 Aug 2019, at 6.23, AP via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Aug 03, 2019 at 11:27:24AM -0600, Michael Slusarz wrote:
>>> Errors hit the logs but I would appreciate seeing successful auths
>>> happen for the additional piece of mind. Cmouse and I couldn't
>>> find a way to do it on irc and it appears that the capability is
>>> missing. Successul /logins/ can be logged but auths, by themselves,
>>> cannot.
>>> 
>>> I would appreciate if the ability was added.
>>> 
>>> Dovecot 2.3.7.1 is in use.
>> 
>> Events (using event exporter) is probably what you want, new in 2.3.7.
>> 
>> https://doc.dovecot.org/admin_manual/list_of_events/
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've tried using this in various ways but I could never get any real success.
> 
> I came close but the logging was always far too verbose. The info I wanted
> WAS there but so was a ton of other data I didn't want. I'd share the configs
> I tried but they came and went as I was experimenting.
> 
> Would love to know how to configure the events logging such that I only get
> a successful auth line logged as that would, indeed, solve my issue. It's
> quite likely I didn't hit the right config as the docs are somewhat sparse.

There probably isn't yet a name for the event that you want. A kludgy approach would be to filter the event based on the source code filename and line number. But that likely needs to be modified every time you upgrade Dovecot..