> On December 28, 2017 at 12:39 AM Noel Butler <noel.but...@ausics.net> wrote: > > > On 28/12/2017 07:38, 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 > > Why on earth you think you could upgrade versions by using two unrelated > and different repo's is beyond me. > > This has always been a problem, even back in the 90's with the RPMs, RH > v say for example Fresh, because package maintainers will package > differently. > > Its like trying to stick a cisco 1800 image on an ASR9K and expecting it > to work perfectly. > > Though we don't use deb or rpm based systems and haven't for about 15 > years, if I was to, I think I'd be using the creators version, and not a > distro's version. > > -- > Kind Regards, > > Noel Butler
Noel, we have actually tried to make the packages compatible with distros so that the upgrade would work. In general I agree with you, but in this case we did actually take the extra effort to see that they would be reasonably compatible with debian/ubuntu/centos packages. That said, the upgrade is a major version change, so things might be different. Expecting that things "Just Work" is bit too much. https://wiki2.dovecot.org/Upgrading/2.3 should help figuring out what needs to be checked. Aki
