On 03/06/2010 01:39 AM David Ramsey wrote: > I'm trying to configure dovecot on a SUSE system, and having trouble with the > simplest possible authentication scheme: using the standard Linux users and > passwords. > > My configuration is: > > dovecot -n > # 1.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # OS: Linux 2.6.27.45-0.1-pae i686 openSUSE 11.1 (i586) > protocols: imap pop3 > ssl_listen: * > ssl_disable: yes > disable_plaintext_auth: no > login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login > login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login > login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login > login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login > mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap > mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap > mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 > mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap > mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap > mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 > auth default: > default_realm: renomustangcarclub.com > passdb: > driver: pam > userdb: > driver: passwd > > Attempts to log in: > > 99-26-248-100:~ dramsey$ telnet renomustangcarclub.com pop3 > Trying 99.26.248.108... > Connected to renomustangcarclub.com. > Escape character is '^]'. > +OK Dovecot ready. > user dramsey > +OK > pass raskin > -ERR Authentication failed. > > Looking in the mail log file: > > Mar 5 16:40:55 Microstar dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 1 > attempts): user=<dram...@renomustangcarclub.com>, method=PLAIN, > rip=99.26.248.100, lip=99.26.248.108 > > Any ideas?
grep dram...@renomustangcarclub.com /etc/passwd will produce no output. Why do you set a default_realm? Regards, Pascal -- The trapper recommends today: c01dcafe.1006...@localdomain.org
