[Dovecot] User not found when using shadow for passdb

2014-05-02 Thread John J. Stimson III
I am getting "user unknown" when trying to connect to the dovecot server using IMAP. The client gets an authentication failed message and does not download mail. The host system uses shadow passwords in /etc/shadow. I would like to use the same passwords for IMAP sessions, so I have set the pass

Re: [Dovecot] User not found when using shadow for passdb

2014-05-17 Thread John J. Stimson III
done through a system call. I am getting the unknown user error message for every user that tries to connect to the server using IMAP, which is four different users. On Fri, May 02, 2014 at 09:25:34AM -0700, John J. Stimson III wrote: > I am getting "user unknown" when trying to con