Hi
I'm trying to setup openLDAP, postfix and dovecot as a mailserver for users
stored in the LDAP directory. I followed the following tutorials:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Postfix
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PostfixDovecotSASL
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Postfix/DovecotLDAP
Now I'm trying to authenticate with an user from the LDAP on smtp. But AUTH
PLAIN {base64:\000h...@peter.com\000password} returns an error (535
authorization failed).
> postconf -n
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
append_dot_mydomain = no
biff = no
broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes
config_directory = /etc/postfix
home_mailbox = Maildir/
inet_interfaces = all
inet_protocols = all
mailbox_command = /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver
mailbox_size_limit = 524288000
mailbox_transport = dovecot
mydestination = peter.com, peter.intranet.lan, localhost
myhostname = peter.com
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128
myorigin = /etc/mailname
readme_directory = no
recipient_delimiter = +
relayhost =
smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes
smtp_tls_security_level = may
smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache
smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu)
smtpd_recipient_restrictions =
permit_sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauth_destination
smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtpd_sasl_local_domain =
smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth-client
smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot
smtpd_sender_login_maps = ldap:/etc/postfix/ldap_senders.cf
smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/ssl/certs/cacert.pem
smtpd_tls_auth_only = no
smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/smtpd.crt
smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/smtpd.key
smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1
smtpd_tls_received_header = yes
smtpd_tls_security_level = may
smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache
smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s
smtpd_use_tls = yes
tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom
virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual
ldap:/etc/postfix/ldap_virtual_users.cf
virtual_transport = dovecot
> ldap_virtual_users.cf
server_host = ldap://localhost
search_base = ou=people,dc=peter,dc=com
bind = no
query_filter = (&(objectclass=posixAccount)(|(mail=%s)))
result_attribute = mail
domain = peter.com
> ldap_senders.cf
server_host = ldap://localhost
search_base = ou=people,dc=peter,dc=com
bind = no
query_filter = (&(objectclass=posixAccount)(|(mail=%s)))
result_attribute = uid
domain = peter.com
The LDAP users and groups are not mapped to the system accounts (so e.g. ssh
login is not possible with an LDAP user, because that's how I want it).
Does anyone see the problem right away? How can I narrow down the problem?
postmap ldap_senders yields the uid (e.g p-hans) to a certain mail address
(p.h...@peter.com).
The ldap users Mailboxes are stored in /home/vmail/%uid/Maildir. Is it a problem
if this directory/Maildir does not exist and this user wants to send an Email.
Where can I configure postfix to use /home/vmail as homebase for user-dirs
instead of /home?
And just to get this straight: Postfix can be used by people to send mail to the
internet (e.g. *to* an AOL account) but it is also responsible to place mail
from the internet (e.g. *from* an AOL account) into the right directory on the
local filesystem. Is this correct?
Regards, Mala
