On an Ubuntu Server 12.04 system with Dovecot 2.0.19 I am having some
trouble with the Dovecot passwords. I am finding this in the logs when
I unsuccessfully try to log in:
Jul 07 08:13:25 auth-worker: Debug:
pam(u...@somedomain.com,212.
179.241.14): lookup service=dovecot
Jul 07 08:13:25 auth-worker: Debug:
pam(u...@somedomain.com,212.179.241.14): #1/1 style=1 msg=Password:
Jul 07 08:13:27 auth-worker: Info:
pam(u...@somedomain.com,212.179.241.14): pam_authenticate() failed:
Authentication failure (password mismatch?) (given password: 12345)
Jul 07 08:13:29 auth: Debug: client out: FAIL 2 user=u...@somedomain.com
Jul 07 08:13:29 pop3-login: Info: Disconnected (auth failed, 2
attempts): user=<u...@somedomain.com>, method=PLAIN,
rip=212.179.241.14, lip=10.138.11.251
This is not the real password, but an example to show that I think
that there is an issue:
$ /usr/bin/doveadm pw -u u...@somedomain.com -s DIGEST-MD5
Enter new password: # Here I have typed "12345"
Retype new password: # Here I have typed "12345"
{DIGEST-MD5}f4e442b0dec5009eaa8b9b4104923edc
$ printf "12345" | md5sum
827ccb0eea8a706c4c34a16891f84e7b -
$
Shouldn't that password match the md5sum check? Also, might I have the
file formats wrong?
$ cat passwd
u...@somedomain.com::5000:5000::/var/mail/vhosts/someDomain.com/user
$ cat shadow
u...@somedomain.com:{DIGEST-MD5}f4e442b0dec5009eaa8b9b4104923edc
$
Thanks!
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