<div dir="ltr">I am a little confused here.<div><br></div><div>I have been running 2.2.34 which I installed in /opt/dovecot2.2</div><div>I installed 2.3.0.1 to /opt/dovecot23</div><div><br></div><div>I then used config files from /opt/dovecot2.2/etc/dovecot to /opt/dovecot2.3/etc/dovecot and all I did was sed -i.BAK 's/dovecot2.2/dovecot2.3/g'. Dovecot started and was running file.</div><div><br></div><div>Next, I manually crafted config files for 2.3.0.1 based on the example config files provided which diff-ing those with what I had for 2.2.34. I doub't if I missed something crucial during the process.</div><div><div><br></div><div>1. I realized that I cannot start 2.3.0.1 when I enable submission, since my Exim MTA is already using that port. This persists even if I tell the submission protocol to use a different port than 587. I tested 2587, but it would appear that 587 is hard-coded!</div><div><br></div><div>2. I realize that "unix_listener auth-client" service ceased to exist!</div><div><br></div><div>3. <b>I realized that while 2.2.34 runs with default_pass_scheme = MD5-CRYPT, 2.3.0.1 would not run with it.</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>4. I have run dovecot -n from my 2.2.x installation and 2.3.x installation and here is the diff from the two files.</div><div><br></div><div>I am confused why authentication is failing with dovecot-2.3.0.1 when it uses 2.3.x config files using MD5-CRYPT scheme while it is succeeding with dovecot-2.2.34 using the same.</div><div><b>Mar 07 22:30:22 auth: Info: sql(<a href="mailto:user.name@domain.name">user.name@domain.name</a>,192.168.55.97,<4CETl9dmscvAqDdh>): Requested DIGEST-MD5 scheme, but we have only MD5-CRYPT</b><br></div><div><br></div><div>Maybe the problem is elsewhere??? I need a 3rd eye to help me.</div><div><br></div><div>For now</div><div><br></div><div><div>root@gw:~wash/public_html # sdiff dovecot-2.2.txt dovecot-2.3.txt | less</div><div># 2.2.34 (874deae): /opt/dovecot2.2/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf | # 2.3.0.1 (ffd8a29): /opt/dovecot2.3/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf</div><div># OS: FreeBSD 9.3-STABLE i386 ufs               # OS: FreeBSD 9.3-STABLE i386 ufs</div><div># Hostname: localhost                     <</div><div>auth_cache_size = 20 M                     auth_cache_size = 20 M</div><div>auth_master_user_separator = *                 auth_master_user_separator = *</div><div>auth_mechanisms = plain login digest-md5            auth_mechanisms = plain login digest-md5</div><div>auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb         auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb</div><div>base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/                  base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/</div><div>default_login_user = dovecot                  default_login_user = dovecot</div><div>disable_plaintext_auth = no                   disable_plaintext_auth = no</div><div>first_valid_gid = 0                       first_valid_gid = 0</div><div>first_valid_uid = 26                      first_valid_uid = 26</div><div>hostname = gw                         hostname = gw</div><div>info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log              info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log</div><div>mail_location = maildir:/var/spool/virtual/%d/%n/Maildir:INDE  mail_location = maildir:/var/spool/virtual/%d/%n/Maildir:INDE</div><div>mail_plugins = " quota"                    <</div><div>namespace inbox {                        namespace inbox {</div><div> inbox = yes                           inbox = yes</div><div> location =                           location =</div><div> mailbox Drafts {                        mailbox Drafts {</div><div>  special_use = \Drafts                      special_use = \Drafts</div><div> }                                }</div><div> mailbox Junk {                         mailbox Junk {</div><div>  special_use = \Junk                       special_use = \Junk</div><div> }                                }</div><div> mailbox Sent {                         mailbox Sent {</div><div>  special_use = \Sent                       special_use = \Sent</div><div> }                                }</div><div> mailbox "Sent Messages" {                    mailbox "Sent Messages" {</div><div>  special_use = \Sent                       special_use = \Sent</div><div> }                                }</div><div> mailbox Trash {                         mailbox Trash {</div><div>  special_use = \Trash                      special_use = \Trash</div><div> }                                }</div><div> prefix =                            prefix =</div><div>}                                }</div><div>passdb {                            passdb {</div><div> args = /opt/dovecot2.2/etc/dovecot/passwd.master_users.ext |  args = /opt/dovecot2.3/etc/dovecot/passwd.master_users.ext</div><div> driver = passwd-file                      driver = passwd-file</div><div> master = yes                          master = yes</div><div> pass = yes                           pass = yes</div><div>}                                }</div><div>passdb {                            passdb {</div><div> args = /opt/dovecot2.2/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext   |  args = /opt/dovecot2.3/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext</div><div> driver = sql                          driver = sql</div><div>}                                }</div><div>plugin {                            plugin {</div><div> mail_log_fields = uid box msgid size              mail_log_fields = uid box msgid size</div><div> quota_rule = *:storage=1G                    quota_rule = *:storage=1G</div><div> quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+100M                quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+100M</div><div> quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u        quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u</div><div> quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u        quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u</div><div> quota_warning3 = -storage=100%% quota-warning below %u     quota_warning3 = -storage=100%% quota-warning below %u</div><div>}                                }</div><div>service auth {                         service auth {<br></div><div> unix_listener auth-client {                 <</div><div>  mode = 0600                         <</div><div>  user = mailnull                        <</div><div> }                                    <</div><div> unix_listener auth-userdb {                   unix_listener auth-userdb {</div><div>  group = mailnull                        group = mailnull</div><div>  user = mailnull                         user = mailnull</div><div> }                                }</div><div>}                                }</div><div>service quota-warning {                     service quota-warning {</div><div> executable = script /opt/dovecot2.2/scripts/quota-warning.s |  executable = script /opt/dovecot2.3/scripts/quota-warning.s</div><div> unix_listener quota-warning {                  unix_listener quota-warning {</div><div>  user = mailnull                         user = mailnull</div><div> }                                }</div><div> user = dovecot                         user = dovecot</div><div>}                                }</div><div>ssl_cert = </usr/local/etc/letsencrypt/live/<a href="http://gw.crownkenya.com">gw.crownkenya.com</a>  ssl_cert = </usr/local/etc/letsencrypt/live/<a href="http://gw.crownkenya.com">gw.crownkenya.com</a></div><div>ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it             ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it</div><div>                               > submission_max_mail_size = 4 G</div><div>userdb {                            userdb {</div><div> args = /opt/dovecot2.2/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext   |  args = /opt/dovecot2.3/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext</div><div> driver = sql                          driver = sql</div><div>}                                }</div><div>protocol lda {                        <</div><div> mail_plugins = quota                    <</div><div>}                               <</div><div>protocol imap {                         protocol imap {</div><div> mail_max_userip_connections = 5                 mail_max_userip_connections = 5</div><div> mail_plugins = " quota imap_quota"             <</div><div>}                                }</div><div>protocol pop3 {                        | protocol lda {</div><div> mail_max_userip_connections = 5               |  mail_plugins = quota</div><div>}                                }</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Maybe I am just suffering brainlock and need to debug auth further, but I have see a question about this auth issue already from another poster, and it's not been answered by anyone.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Best regards,<br>Odhiambo WASHINGTON,<br>Nairobi,KE<br>+254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223<br>"<span style="font-size:12.8px">Oh, the cruft.</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">"</span></div></div></div>
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