Hello and ... help! I am using Redhat FC2. I was looking for a simple POP3 compatible application package that would allow growth into secure mailboxes, and it looks like dovecot can fill the bill, and then some. I am a newbie. I scanned the Wiki but am as confused by it as I am by my problems. Fortunately for me, I don't need 7 different authentication schemes; I just need something simple that works with Thunderbird and Outlook Express. Is there a HOW-TO around that shows simple pop3 setup on Linux? #1) I had the pop3-login working for a bit, but now it has stopping starting up. When I attempt a <./dovecot stop>, I get a message that the stop has [FAILED]. I believe this is because it is leaving a lock in the /var/lock/subsys directory. I delete that file and try again, same problem. The system starts okay, but there are no longer any pop3-login processes being started up. <ps -elf | egrep pop3*> returns nothing but the grep process. #2) I need a simple method to access email. Nothing fancy as I only have a couple of users. Terrorists woud be wasting their time to monkey with my server. In the dovecot.conf file, here are a few of my settings. pop3_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 pop3_process_size = 256 auth = passwd auth_mechanisms = plain auth_realms = auth_default_realm = auth_userdb = passwd: /etc/passwd auth_passdb = passwd: /etc/passwd auth_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth auth_process_size = 256 auth_user = root auth_count = 2 Any help would be greatly appreciated, of course. I'll keep scanning the web site while I am at your mercy. TIA, Andrew L. in Iowa _____________________________________________________________________ Get your own family web site at www.MyFamily.com!
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Andrew Lietzow wrote:> Hello and ... help!(snip of problem) When setting up Dovecot, I found that a lot of helpfull information was put into /var/log/maillog (or wherever syslogd sends mail logs on your system). Since you didn't post anything from that file, I'm not sure if you consulted it. Best, Tim M.
Tim, Thanks for the reply. I did check the maillog quite a bit. Fortunately, I had kept an orig of the dovecot.conf file so I rolled back to the example I found on the dovecot.org website and now it's up and running. It's all smoke and mirrors to me, mostly, but at least it's working for now. I'll come back to this question of implementing TLS or SSL later, in my voluminous spare time. It appears to be a very powerful program and should carry me through to the next millenium... Ciao and Muchos Gracias, Andrew in Iowa, USA -----Original Message----- From: Tim Miller <tim at gem.win.co.nz> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 10:33 PM To: Andrew Lietzow <alietzow at myfamily.com> Cc: dovecot at dovecot.org Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Authentication and Startup/Shutdown error. On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Andrew Lietzow wrote:> Hello and ... help!(snip of problem) When setting up Dovecot, I found that a lot of helpfull information was put into /var/log/maillog (or wherever syslogd sends mail logs on your system). Since you didn't post anything from that file, I'm not sure if you consulted it. Best, Tim M. _____________________________________________________________________ Get your own family web site at www.MyFamily.com!
On 27.8.2004, at 17:27, Andrew Lietzow wrote:> auth_userdb = passwd: /etc/passwd > auth_passdb = passwd: /etc/passwdIt should have been either "passwd" or "passwd-file /etc/passwd". No ':' in any case. You should have seen this error message in log file: dovecot-auth: Aug 28 20:48:31 Fatal: Unknown userdb type 'passwd:' -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PGP.sig Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 186 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20040828/fa8eb85c/attachment-0001.bin>
Timo Sirainen wrote:>> auth_userdb = passwd: /etc/passwd >> auth_passdb = passwd: /etc/passwd > > It should have been either "passwd" or "passwd-file /etc/passwd". No ':'I bet this confusion comes from auth.txt, which shows:> Currently supported password databases: > > - passwd: /etc/passwd or similiar, using getpwnam() > - shadow: /etc/shadow or similiar, using getspnam()[...]> > Currently supported user databases: > > - passwd: /etc/passwd or similiar, using getpwnam() > - passwd-file: /etc/passwd-like file in specified locationAlways good to show examples of the literal syntax. -Tom