Password Mismatch when connecting from Email Client

[João Silva]

The passwords are stored in plaintext in the database?

Already checked

https://github.com/postfixadmin/postfixadmin/blob/master/DOCUMENTS/DOVECOT.txt 


Once a dumped to a postfix admin database crypt passwords straight from 
/etc/shadow without a single issue, that's why I'm asking if the 
passwords are in plaintext or not.

On 04/02/2022 16:17, Dr Francis Greaves wrote:
>
> Dear All
>
> I have Postfix version 3.3.0, Dovecot Version 2.2.33.2 and 
> PostfixAdmin version 3.3.10 using MySQL on a small device running 
> Ubuntu VERSION="18.04.6 LTS (Bionic Beaver)" for my internal LAN Mail.
>
> I have a user admin at fsoft.nnet with a mailbox setup in PostfixAdmin 
> with a password as 'Test75?'
>
> Everything is running fine, but I cannot get my Email Client 
> Thunderbird to connect.
>
> I have setup the debugging to see that the correct password is being 
> used, which it is, but I have this error:
>
>     dovecot: auth-worker(26468):
>     sql(admin at fsoft.nnet,10.6.10.10,<gB77wjLXGLsKBgoK>): Password
>     mismatch (given password: Test75?)
>
> showing that dovecot disagrees!!!
>
> Why is this? Is it something to do with the permissions in PostfixAdmin?
>
> I did find a post on Server Fault 
> <https://serverfault.com/questions/696715/password-mismatch-in-dovecot-with-postafixadmin> 
> where someone had the same problem. He just tried various passwords 
> until he found one that worked!!!! I have not found any other post 
> about this exact problem.
>
> Any help much appreciated.
>
> Regards
> Francis
>
>
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