> On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 12:33:57PM -0500, Bill Cole wrote:
>> On 2022-01-22 at 23:00:55 UTC-0500 (Sat, 22 Jan 2022 23:00:55 -0500)
>> Ruben Safir <ru...@mrbrklyn.com>
>> is rumored to have said:
>>
>> >I am really lost as to why dovecot is not authenticating
>> >
>> >I have
>> >
>> >smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot
>> >
>> >in main.cf
>> >
>> >and
>> >
>> ># Postfix smtp-auth
>> >unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
>> > mode = 0666
>> > user = postfix
>> > group = postfix
>> >}
>> >in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf
>> >
>> >
>> >I want it to authenticate on submition only
>> >
>> >Everything I read says this should do it, but I am up against a
>> >wall. I
>> >have no debugging information or log at all to confirm what postfix is
>> >doing.
>>
>
>
> where is it logged?
You might look in
/var/log/postfix.log
/var/log/mail
For possible clues.
I'd not post those entire logs though, just what might be logged around the
time of you attempts
>> That's unfortunate, because what you've provided is inadequate to
>> dioagnose your problem.
>>
>> AS ALWAYS, 'postconf -nf' and 'postconf -Mf' output plus relevant
>> (non-verbose) log lines are critical to getting useful help here.
postconf -nf > somename (like postconf-main-log.txt)
postconf -Mf > someothername (like postconf-master-log.txt)
I probably won't be much help beyond that.
joe a.
