> On 10/11/2025 07:14 EET Helmut K. C. Tessarek via dovecot > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I upgraded dovecot from 2.3 to 2.4 today and all of a sudden I get an > authentication error: passwd-file: Password mismatch > > My config looks like this: > > passdb pam { > driver = pam > } > passdb passwd-file { > driver = passwd-file > auth_username_format = %{user | username} > passwd_file_path = /etc/dovecot/alternate/passwd > skip = authenticated > } > > I haven't changed the /etc/dovecot/alternate/passwd in ages and its contents > look similar to: > > user:$6$blablablagfsgfsgfsgsbfssfslongbase64stringhere > > Just earlier today (on 2.3) I was able to login just fine with the alternate > password for my user. > > Did I misconfigure dovecot or are $6$ type passwords no longer supported. > Here's > the debug output: > > 2025-11-10 05:44:58 > +0100auth(userhere,server-ip-here,sasl:plain)<VrJZMTZD7rtcKosF>: Debug: pam: > Finished passdb lookup > 2025-11-10 05:44:58 > +0100auth(userhere,server-ip-here,sasl:plain)<VrJZMTZD7rtcKosF>: Debug: > passwd-file: Performing passdb lookup > 2025-11-10 05:44:58 > +0100auth(userhere,server-ip-here,sasl:plain)<VrJZMTZD7rtcKosF>: Debug: > passwd-file: lookup: user=userhere file=/etc/dovecot/alternate/passwd > 2025-11-10 05:44:58 > +0100auth(userhere,server-ip-here,sasl:plain)<VrJZMTZD7rtcKosF>: Debug: > passwd-file: Finished passdb lookup > 2025-11-10 05:44:58 > +0100auth(userhere,server-ip-here,sasl:plain)<VrJZMTZD7rtcKosF>: Debug: Auth > request finished > 2025-11-10 05:44:58 > +0100auth(userhere,server-ip-here,sasl:plain)<VrJZMTZD7rtcKosF>: Debug: > delaying > auth failure > > Any idea what might be going on? > > Cheers, > K. C. >
Try adding to the passwd-file default_password_scheme = crypt Aki _______________________________________________ dovecot mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
