Terve ! :-) Thank you kindly Timo. Ooops ! Missed "auth_debug". Just enabled it. I'll run some more tests and let you know.
I can attach the last error log lines. Here they are : ------------------------------ Jan 02 19:14:05 auth(default): Info: client in: CONT 3 AHBvc3RtYXN0ZXIAazR2djRkMTQ= Jan 02 19:14:05 auth(default): Info: passwd-file(postmaster,127.0.0.1): lookup: user=postmaster file=/etc/dovecot/passwd Jan 02 19:14:05 auth(default): Info: passwd-file(postmaster,127.0.0.1): unknown user Jan 02 19:14:07 auth(default): Info: client out: FAIL 3 user=postmaster Jan 02 19:14:22 imap-login: Info: Aborted login (auth failed, 3 attempts): user=<postmaster>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, l ip=127.0.0.1, TLS Jan 02 19:14:58 Info: Dovecot v1.2.9 starting up (core dumps disabled) Jan 02 19:14:58 auth(default): Info: passwd-file /etc/dovecot/passwd: Read 2 users Jan 02 19:14:58 auth(default): Info: passwd-file /etc/dovecot/users: Read 2 users Jan 02 19:14:59 auth(default): Info: new auth connection: pid=3495 Jan 02 19:14:59 auth(default): Info: new auth connection: pid=3496 Jan 02 19:14:59 auth(default): Info: new auth connection: pid=3497 Jan 02 19:15:17 auth(default): Info: new auth connection: pid=3501 Jan 02 19:15:26 imap-login: Info: Authenticate PLAIN failed: Unsupported authentication mechanism.: method=PLAIN, rip=127.0. 0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured Jan 02 19:18:26 imap-login: Info: Disconnected: Inactivity (tried to use unsupported auth mechanism): method=PLAIN, rip=127. 0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured Jan 02 20:36:13 Info: Dovecot v1.2.9 starting up (core dumps disabled) Jan 02 20:36:13 auth(default): Info: passwd-file /etc/dovecot/passwd: Read 2 users Jan 02 20:36:13 auth(default): Info: passwd-file /etc/dovecot/users: Read 2 users Jan 02 20:36:14 auth(default): Info: new auth connection: pid=3558 Jan 02 20:36:14 auth(default): Info: new auth connection: pid=3559 Jan 02 20:36:14 auth(default): Info: new auth connection: pid=3560 ------------------------------ AFAIK, I disabled plain auth and enabled digest-md5. i don't know what else is relevant to this. If you need anything else, let me know. Thank you for you reply. Spyros --- On Sat, 2/1/10, Timo Sirainen <t...@iki.fi> wrote: > From: Timo Sirainen <t...@iki.fi> > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] What auth ? > To: "Spyros Tsiolis" <sts...@yahoo.co.uk> > Cc: "Dovecot" <dovecot@dovecot.org> > Date: Saturday, 2 January, 2010, 19:04 > On 1.1.2010, at 18.19, Spyros Tsiolis > wrote: > > > Something worth noticing for step "5". If I do this > logging-in with the > > "u...@fqdn" format, the systems kicks me out. I, then, > check the latest > > on "/var/log/dovecot/errors" to find that the system > does not complain > > about the auth. > > If it disconnects you immediately, it really should have > logged an error. Are you sure the errors go to that log > file? Verify like http://wiki.dovecot.org/Logging says. > Also auth_debug=yes could be helpful. > >
