dovecot - May 2011 - newbie: can not authenticate using dovecot

Hi all,

This is the first time I used Dovecot and it's perfectly run :
dev# ps ax | grep dove
77332  ??  Ss     0:00.30 /usr/local/sbin/dovecot -c
/usr/local/etc/dovecot.con
77333  ??  S      0:00.10 dovecot-auth
77334  ??  I      0:00.02 dovecot-auth -w
81495   0  S+     0:00.00 grep dove

But when I try to connect to Dovecot's POP3 Server :
dev# telnet 127.0.0.1 110
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK Dovecot ready.
user bogi
+OK
pass bogi
Connection closed by foreign host.

Is there something I missed in Dovecot's configuration?


This is my configuration :

dev# dovecot --version
1.2.16

dev# dovecot -n
# 1.2.16: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf
# OS: FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE i386
protocols: pop3
listen: 127.0.0.1:110
ssl: no
disable_plaintext_auth: no
login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
login_executable: /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login
verbose_proctitle: yes
first_valid_uid: 1000
first_valid_gid: 1000
mail_privileged_group: mail
mail_location: mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
mail_executable: /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3
mail_plugin_dir: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3
pop3_client_workarounds: outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh
lda:
  sendmail_path: /usr/sbin/sendmail
auth default:
  mechanisms: plain login
  username_format: %Lu
  passdb:
    driver: pam
    args: session=yes dovecot
  userdb:
    driver: passwd
    args: blocking=yes
  socket:
    type: listen
    client:
      path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-client
      mode: 432
    master:
      path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
      mode: 384

So sorry guys

I've found the problem after activating Dovecot's log.
After I use "mail_location = mbox:/var/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u"
everything works just fine.

Thank you and sorry for my newbie question.

regards.

Bogi Aditya
IM Telkom


On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 8:48 AM, nyoman.bogi at gmail.com <
nyoman.bogi at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This is the first time I used Dovecot and it's perfectly run :
> dev# ps ax | grep dove
> 77332  ??  Ss     0:00.30 /usr/local/sbin/dovecot -c
> /usr/local/etc/dovecot.con
> 77333  ??  S      0:00.10 dovecot-auth
> 77334  ??  I      0:00.02 dovecot-auth -w
> 81495   0  S+     0:00.00 grep dove
>
> But when I try to connect to Dovecot's POP3 Server :
> dev# telnet 127.0.0.1 110
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> +OK Dovecot ready.
> user bogi
> +OK
> pass bogi
> Connection closed by foreign host.
>
> Is there something I missed in Dovecot's configuration?
>
>
> This is my configuration :
>
> dev# dovecot --version
> 1.2.16
>
> dev# dovecot -n
> # 1.2.16: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf
> # OS: FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE i386
> protocols: pop3
> listen: 127.0.0.1:110
> ssl: no
> disable_plaintext_auth: no
> login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
> login_executable: /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login
> verbose_proctitle: yes
> first_valid_uid: 1000
> first_valid_gid: 1000
> mail_privileged_group: mail
> mail_location: mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
> mail_executable: /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3
> mail_plugin_dir: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3
> pop3_client_workarounds: outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh
> lda:
>   sendmail_path: /usr/sbin/sendmail
> auth default:
>   mechanisms: plain login
>   username_format: %Lu
>   passdb:
>     driver: pam
>     args: session=yes dovecot
>   userdb:
>     driver: passwd
>     args: blocking=yes
>   socket:
>     type: listen
>     client:
>       path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-client
>       mode: 432
>     master:
>       path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
>       mode: 384
>
>