On 12/27/17 4:38 PM, Howard Leadmon wrote: > Saw the new repository notification, and figured what the heck I > would try letting it upgrade me from the current v2.2.22 release that > apparently is in the Ubuntu 16.04 packages, to the new repository > release of v2.3.0. > > I followed the info on repo.dovecot.org, and first it started > bitching about lmtp (dovecot: master: Fatal: service(lmtp) > access(/usr/lib/dovecot/lmtp) failed: No such file or directory), so I > went back and installed the dovecot-lmtpd package and that seemed to > fix that issue. Just FYI, I had dovecot-core, dovecot-imapd, and > dovecot-pop3d installed on the system. > > OK, so now it started up, said it was 2.3.0 and I thought all was > good, but now all authentication is failing. I turned on some of the > logging debugging, and am seeing the below: > > dovecot: auth-worker(19578): Debug: > pam(toss1,127.0.0.1,<IR3NJlZhFtZ/AAAB>): lookup service=dovecot > dovecot: auth-worker(19578): Debug: > pam(toss1,127.0.0.1,<IR3NJlZhFtZ/AAAB>): #1/1 style=1 msg=Password: > dovecot: auth-worker(19578): pam(toss1,127.0.0.1,<IR3NJlZhFtZ/AAAB>): > pam_authenticate() failed: System error > dovecot: auth: Debug: client passdb out: FAIL#0111#011user=toss1 > dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (auth failed, 1 attempts in 3 > secs): user=<toss1>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.1.1, > session=<IR3NJlZhFtZ/AAAB> > > I took and compared my auth files like 10-auth.conf, and > auth-system.conf.ext, and they are identical between the two versions, > even though they were overwritten as part of the upgrade. > > If I just uninstall the 2.3.0 release, and install 2.2.22 back on the > server, it all just starts working again. So for now I am back on > 2.2, but was willing to give 2.3 a run if I can get it going. Any > ideas as to what to look at to get this working, would be great. As > stated above, this is Ubuntu Server 16.04.03, and I am also running > Postfix and amavis-new, but don't think they should really impact me > using dovecot for email over POP3 or IMAP.. > > --- > Howard Leadmon > PBW Communications, LLC > http://www.pbwcomm.com > Try adding "CAP_AUDIT_WRITE" to CapabilityBoundingSet in /lib/systemd/system/dovecot.service. I had the same problem when I upgraded to 2.3.0.
Michael
