Hi Today I have upgraded my Debian server from lenny to squeeze and my email stopped working. I am using Dovecot 1.2.15 with exim4. Exim4 is working and mail is being delivered to the mailboxes - /home/ didm.co.uk/peter/Maildir/new etc When I try to download emails to my I get "sending of password did not succeed, Mail server mail.didm.co.ukresponded:Authentication failed" and the server Dovecot error log "utime(/home/didm.co.uk/peter/Maildir/tmp) failed: Permission denied" etc Help please Peter
Am 28.02.2013 18:20, schrieb Peter Sparkes:> Hi > > Today I have upgraded my Debian server from lenny to squeeze and my email > stopped working. > > I am using Dovecot 1.2.15 with exim4. > > Exim4 is working and mail is being delivered to the mailboxes - /home/ > didm.co.uk/peter/Maildir/new etc > > When I try to download emails to my I get > > "sending of password did not succeed, Mail server > mail.didm.co.ukresponded:Authentication failed" > > and the server Dovecot error log "utime(/home/didm.co.uk/peter/Maildir/tmp) > failed: Permission denied" etcand what says "stat /home/didm.co.uk/peter/Maildir/tmp" or "ls -lha -R /home/didm.co.uk/peter/"? -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 263 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20130228/85bcf440/attachment.bin>
PLEASE do NOT response off-list on mailing-lists and in general NOT use HTML messages for lists as you can see below what happens quting them i am using dovecot ONLY as proxy/auth-provider so my intention was to help others get more infos Am 28.02.2013 18:37, schrieb Peter Sparkes:> Hi Harald > Thanks for replying > > stat /home/didm.co.uk/peter/Maildir/tmp <http://didm.co.uk/peter/Maildir/tmp> gives > > File: `/home/didm.co.uk/peter/Maildir/tmp <http://didm.co.uk/peter/Maildir/tmp>' > Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory > Device: 901h/2305d Inode: 13836957 Links: 2 > Access: (0755/drwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 1223/ peter) Gid: ( 1108/didm.co.uk <http://didm.co.uk>) > Access: 2013-02-28 04:36:36.000000000 +0000 > Modify: 2013-02-28 17:08:22.000000000 +0000 > Change: 2013-02-28 17:08:22.000000000 +0000 > > ls -lha -R /home/didm.co.uk/peter/ <http://didm.co.uk/peter/> ouputs a long list part of which is > > /home/didm.co.uk/peter/Maildir/new <http://didm.co.uk/peter/Maildir/new>: > total 844K > drwxr-xr-x 2 peter didm.co.uk <http://didm.co.uk> 4.0K Feb 28 17:08 . > drwxr-xr-x 8 peter didm.co.uk <http://didm.co.uk> 4.0K Feb 28 08:01 .. > -rw------- 1 peter peter 12K Feb 28 08:41 1362040901.H489863P3132.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > <http://1362040901.H489863P3132.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk> > -rw------- 1 peter peter 3.2K Feb 28 08:46 1362041185.H453645P3137.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > <http://1362041185.H453645P3137.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk> > -rw------- 1 peter peter 2.8K Feb 28 08:59 1362041976.H290857P3254.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > <http://1362041976.H290857P3254.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk> > -rw------- 1 peter peter 2.1K Feb 28 09:01 1362042100.H237350P3263.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > <http://1362042100.H237350P3263.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk> > -rw------- 1 peter peter 303K Feb 28 09:05 1362042315.H1078P3266.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > <http://1362042315.H1078P3266.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk> > -rw------- 1 peter peter 29K Feb 28 09:16 1362042969.H141065P4039.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > <http://1362042969.H141065P4039.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk> > -rw------- 1 peter peter 15K Feb 28 09:29 1362043772.H424096P4070.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > <http://1362043772.H424096P4070.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk> > -rw------- 1 peter peter 485 Feb 28 09:34 1362044091.H313425P4077.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > <http://1362044091.H313425P4077.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk> > -rw------- 1 peter peter 11K Feb 28 09:44 1362044642.H822470P4880.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > <http://1362044642.H822470P4880.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk> > -rw------- 1 peter peter 2.4K Feb 28 11:38 1362051505.H650923P7747.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > <http://1362051505.H650923P7747.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk> > -rw------- 1 peter peter 3.6K Feb 28 12:03 1362053012.H602533P8671.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > <http://1362053012.H602533P8671.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk> > -rw------- 1 peter peter 27K Feb 28 12:44 1362055442.H625207P10611.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > <http://1362055442.H625207P10611.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk> > -rw------- 1 peter peter 40K Feb 28 13:14 1362057256.H571100P11598.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > <http://1362057256.H571100P11598.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk> > -rw------- 1 peter peter 83K Feb 28 13:15 1362057339.H568650P11605.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > <http://1362057339.H568650P11605.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk> > -rw------- 1 peter peter 9.3K Feb 28 14:05 1362060354.H307724P12580.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > <http://1362060354.H307724P12580.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk> > -rw------- 1 peter peter 16K Feb 28 14:25 1362061514.H650991P13554.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > <http://1362061514.H650991P13554.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk> > -rw------- 1 peter peter 9.0K Feb 28 15:47 1362066474.H389245P16304.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > <http://1362066474.H389245P16304.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk> > -rw------- 1 peter peter 46K Feb 28 15:53 1362066827.H631037P16382.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > <http://1362066827.H631037P16382.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk> > -rw------- 1 peter peter 3.9K Feb 28 15:56 1362067018.H98463P16401.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > <http://1362067018.H98463P16401.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk> > -rw------- 1 peter peter 20K Feb 28 16:15 1362068100.H694502P17251.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > <http://1362068100.H694502P17251.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk> > -rw------- 1 peter peter 44K Feb 28 16:27 1362068836.H298454P17321.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > <http://1362068836.H298454P17321.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk> > -rw------- 1 peter peter 53K Feb 28 17:06 1362071183.H205812P18284.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > <http://1362071183.H205812P18284.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk> > -rw------- 1 peter peter 53K Feb 28 17:08 1362071302.H916902P18293.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > <http://1362071302.H916902P18293.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk> > > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net <mailto:h.reindl at thelounge.net>> wrote: > > > > Am 28.02.2013 18:20, schrieb Peter Sparkes: > > Hi > > > > Today I have upgraded my Debian server from lenny to squeeze and my email > > stopped working. > > > > I am using Dovecot 1.2.15 with exim4. > > > > Exim4 is working and mail is being delivered to the mailboxes - /home/ > > didm.co.uk/peter/Maildir/new <http://didm.co.uk/peter/Maildir/new> etc > > > > When I try to download emails to my I get > > > > "sending of password did not succeed, Mail server > > mail.didm.co.ukresponded:Authentication failed" > > > > and the server Dovecot error log "utime(/home/didm.co.uk/peter/Maildir/tmp <http://didm.co.uk/peter/Maildir/tmp>) > > failed: Permission denied" etc > > and what says "stat /home/didm.co.uk/peter/Maildir/tmp <http://didm.co.uk/peter/Maildir/tmp>" > or "ls -lha -R /home/didm.co.uk/peter/ <http://didm.co.uk/peter/>"?-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Hi Harald> > Thanks for replying > > stat /home/didm.co.uk/peter/Maildir/tmp gives > > File: `/home/didm.co.uk/peter/Maildir/tmp' > Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory > Device: 901h/2305d Inode: 13836957 Links: 2 > Access: (0755/drwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 1223/ peter) Gid: ( 1108/didm.co.uk) > Access: 2013-02-28 04:36:36.000000000 +0000 > Modify: 2013-02-28 17:08:22.000000000 +0000 > Change: 2013-02-28 17:08:22.000000000 +0000 > > ls -lha -R /home/didm.co.uk/peter/ ouputs a long list part of which is > > /home/didm.co.uk/peter/Maildir/new: > total 844K > drwxr-xr-x 2 peter didm.co.uk 4.0K Feb 28 17:08 . > drwxr-xr-x 8 peter didm.co.uk 4.0K Feb 28 08:01 .. > -rw------- 1 peter peter 12K Feb 28 08:41 > 1362040901.H489863P3132.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > -rw------- 1 peter peter 3.2K Feb 28 08:46 > 1362041185.H453645P3137.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > -rw------- 1 peter peter 2.8K Feb 28 08:59 > 1362041976.H290857P3254.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > -rw------- 1 peter peter 2.1K Feb 28 09:01 > 1362042100.H237350P3263.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > -rw------- 1 peter peter 303K Feb 28 09:05 > 1362042315.H1078P3266.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > -rw------- 1 peter peter 29K Feb 28 09:16 > 1362042969.H141065P4039.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > -rw------- 1 peter peter 15K Feb 28 09:29 > 1362043772.H424096P4070.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > -rw------- 1 peter peter 485 Feb 28 09:34 > 1362044091.H313425P4077.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > -rw------- 1 peter peter 11K Feb 28 09:44 > 1362044642.H822470P4880.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > -rw------- 1 peter peter 2.4K Feb 28 11:38 > 1362051505.H650923P7747.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > -rw------- 1 peter peter 3.6K Feb 28 12:03 > 1362053012.H602533P8671.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > -rw------- 1 peter peter 27K Feb 28 12:44 > 1362055442.H625207P10611.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > -rw------- 1 peter peter 40K Feb 28 13:14 > 1362057256.H571100P11598.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > -rw------- 1 peter peter 83K Feb 28 13:15 > 1362057339.H568650P11605.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > -rw------- 1 peter peter 9.3K Feb 28 14:05 > 1362060354.H307724P12580.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > -rw------- 1 peter peter 16K Feb 28 14:25 > 1362061514.H650991P13554.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > -rw------- 1 peter peter 9.0K Feb 28 15:47 > 1362066474.H389245P16304.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > -rw------- 1 peter peter 46K Feb 28 15:53 > 1362066827.H631037P16382.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > -rw------- 1 peter peter 3.9K Feb 28 15:56 > 1362067018.H98463P16401.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > -rw------- 1 peter peter 20K Feb 28 16:15 > 1362068100.H694502P17251.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > -rw------- 1 peter peter 44K Feb 28 16:27 > 1362068836.H298454P17321.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > -rw------- 1 peter peter 53K Feb 28 17:06 > 1362071183.H205812P18284.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > -rw------- 1 peter peter 53K Feb 28 17:08 > 1362071302.H916902P18293.didm-a.dh.bytemark.co.uk > > > Regards > > Peter > > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net>wrote: > >> >> >> Am 28.02.2013 18:20, schrieb Peter Sparkes: >> > Hi >> > >> > Today I have upgraded my Debian server from lenny to squeeze and my >> email >> > stopped working. >> > >> > I am using Dovecot 1.2.15 with exim4. >> > >> > Exim4 is working and mail is being delivered to the mailboxes - /home/ >> > didm.co.uk/peter/Maildir/new etc >> > >> > When I try to download emails to my I get >> > >> > "sending of password did not succeed, Mail server >> > mail.didm.co.ukresponded:Authentication failed" >> > >> > and the server Dovecot error log "utime(/home/ >> didm.co.uk/peter/Maildir/tmp) >> > failed: Permission denied" etc >> >> and what says "stat /home/didm.co.uk/peter/Maildir/tmp" >> or "ls -lha -R /home/didm.co.uk/peter/"? >> >> >
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 28 Feb 2013, Peter Sparkes wrote:> Exim4 is working and mail is being delivered to the mailboxes - /home/ > didm.co.uk/peter/Maildir/new etc > > When I try to download emails to my I get > > "sending of password did not succeed, Mail server > mail.didm.co.ukresponded:Authentication failed" > > and the server Dovecot error log "utime(/home/didm.co.uk/peter/Maildir/tmp) > failed: Permission denied" etcHmm, are you sure, that the Dovecot log message is related to the login attempt? Can you check how many login/imap/pop3 connections there are for user "peter"? - -- Steffen Kaiser -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBUTBtaV3r2wJMiz2NAQJlXQf+I7kMX4rfA26pDRxXH+1zXB9FVilUjfI9 LpIROgtB5wgyBJ0lMSF7LDawZUvq7qC6H5ro/jZYLhwGxZfAgNEMxssMBxpy9Kme F3rlEwHlTDhlcZjWrZTWiUYqPvls6HdFVNcEZOWh4HCUY0AJhpvT+GWN+xILrc6+ 5x/VIE/27DwVF42ggB74XU2/lOty9ZuNv1bZcxpFQ9+Ohcmvkk3dqwmYJxNAdVxW p6dJCqRtRS0P6FBn8kZNTCPFIWJgHLTfHjlN9MFNE/jyQLNyOoKdMpNiEkEICIg/ ouC7UrJw9HDV0eMKsGFN5lKZIBpJwrL3fJwpF+/ZibbRsrYpTDYyTA==zJoM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----