I found the logfile problem: it was an error in 10-logging.conf
auth_verbose_passwords = yes this gives an error and all the logging settings are not working. I found it with: doveadm log find Now dovecot logs into the given logfiles. but really not much, still the same information only. I read there: May 16 15:24:16 auth: Fatal: Unknown database driver 'mysql' May 16 15:24:16 master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling But I have the mysql driver, when checking: root@myserver:# dovecot --build-options | tail -n4 Mail storages: shared mdbox sdbox maildir mbox cydir raw --> SQL driver plugins: --> mysql postgresql sqlite Passdb: checkpassword ldap pam passwd passwd-file shadow sql Userdb: checkpassword ldap(plugin) nss passwd prefetch passwd-file sql Anyway I didn't compile it myself, I installed it with aptitude on ubuntu 12.04. Must be with mysql. > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: dovecot-boun...@dovecot.org [mailto:dovecot-boun...@dovecot.org] Im > Auftrag von Ken > Stevenson > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 16. Mai 2012 15:32 > An: dovecot@dovecot.org > Betreff: Re: [Dovecot] How to make Dovecot verbous > > With regard to your original problem, it sounds like you don't have > mysql support compiled into Dovecot (--with-mysql option). Not sure what > the logging problem is. I've debugged authentication using just > auth_debug_passwords=yes, but I didn't enable separate log files so the > messages were in maillog. > > On 2012-05-16 09:20, Frank Walter wrote: > > Hello > > > > I am struggling with Dovecot 2 (coming from Dovecot 1.0.10) with > > mysql Authentification for Postfix. > > I get errors when using it: > > > > dovecot: auth: Fatal: Unknown database driver 'mysql' > > dovecot: master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, > > throttling > > > > But a first thing would be to log the real errors, if there are any, > > so I set in > > > > /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-logging.conf > > > > auth_verbose, auth_verbose_passwords, auth_debug, > > auth_debug_passwords, mail_debug, verbose_ssl > > > > all to yes and I set: > > > > debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-debug.log > > > > but there is no logfile after restarting dovecot. > > > > How can I enable a (verbous) own Logfile in Dovecot? > > > > frank
