dovecot - Aug 2017 - pam auth problem

>> passdb {
>>   driver = pam
>> }
>> passdb {
>>   driver = pam
>>   name = pam
>> }
> Are those two passdb blocks intentional?
> 
> One of them is missing the name parameter.
doh.  first removed.

Aug  3 06:49:23 psg auth: in openpam_parse_chain(): /etc/pam.d/dovecot(1):
missing or invalid facility
Aug  3 06:49:23 psg dovecot: auth-worker(53801): Error:
pam(smb,2604:6000:1103:81a4:a8ec:3b9a:a3d4:d74f,<0+2Ax9NV6vAmBGAAEQOBpKjsO5qj1NdP>):
pam_start() failed: system error
Aug  3 06:49:23 psg pure-ftpd: (?@80.82.78.85) [WARNING] Authentication failed
for user [vaninst]
Aug  3 06:49:28 psg dovecot: auth: Warning: Timeout leak: 0x419970
(auth-request-handler.c:550)
Aug  3 06:49:28 psg dovecot: imap-login: Error: Error sending request to auth
server: Broken pipe
Aug  3 06:49:40 psg auth: in openpam_parse_chain(): /etc/pam.d/dovecot(1):
missing or invalid facility
Aug  3 06:49:40 psg dovecot: auth-worker(53801): Error:
pam(pokui,160.242.151.213,<f/+EyNNV/dig8pfV>): pam_start() failed: system
error
Aug  3 06:49:40 psg auth: in openpam_parse_chain(): /etc/pam.d/dovecot(1):
missing or invalid facility
Aug  3 06:49:40 psg dovecot: auth-worker(53801): Error:
pam(ksemat,2a00:23c4:6901:c100:6d2a:d2cb:defd:474f,<YEH1x9NVaMgqACPEaQHBAG0q0sve/UdP>):
pam_start() failed: system error

Hi Randy,
> On 3 Aug 2017, at 08:50, Randy Bush <randy at psg.com> wrote:
> 
> auth: in openpam_parse_chain(): /etc/pam.d/dovecot(1): missing or invalid
facility
I do not think that it has something to do with the dovecot settings itself but
perhaps with the pam facility settings instead?

Cheers
Remko
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>> auth: in openpam_parse_chain(): /etc/pam.d/dovecot(1): missing or
invalid facility
> 
> I do not think that it has something to do with the dovecot settings
> itself but perhaps with the pam facility settings instead?
i can believe that.  any clues to debug?

randy