I may be tired or something but you are wanting it to query /etc/passwd,
correct? If so, then wouldn't the username just be kyrrin? Well, I
might be tired...anyway, shot in the dark...good night!
Bruce Lane wrote:> Fellow Dovecot'ers.
>
> I tried something tonight that I should have done a while back: Turned on
verbose logging in the authentication section. I'm still unable to get the
mail client I'm experimenting with (Pegasus) to complete a pop3s connection,
in that I still get an indication of a failed password.
>
> However, at least I'm a little closer to understanding the failure
itself. Please note what came up in /var/log/maillog.
>
> Jul 13 22:41:25 featherweb dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH 1
PLAIN service=POP3 secured lip=192.168.42.130 rip=192.168.42.40
resp=AGt5cnJpbgBocDIxZHZlbTc> Jul 13 22:41:25 featherweb dovecot:
auth(default): cache(kyrrin at bluefeathertech.com,192.168.42.40): User unknown
> Jul 13 22:41:26 featherweb dovecot: auth(default): client out: FAIL 1
user=kyrrin at bluefeathertech.com
>
> More specifically: Take a good hard look at the end of the second line.
>
> Why in the Multiverse would the thing consider me an unknown user? Unless
it's not really checking /etc/passwd at all...?
>
> Excerpt from dovecot.conf follows.
>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>
> auth default {
> # Space separated list of wanted authentication mechanisms:
> # plain login digest-md5 cram-md5 ntlm rpa apop anonymous gssapi
> mechanisms = plain login
> passdb passwd {
> }
> userdb passwd {
> }
> socket listen {
> client {
> path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
> mode = 0660
> user = postfix
> group = postfix
> }
> }
> }
>
>
> As a point of interest, SENDING mail via a secure connection (SMTP AUTH
via STARTTLS) is working quite well.
>
> I'm beginning to think that the OpenSSL installation isn't
authenticating properly...?
>
> Insights welcome. Thanks much.
>
>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy,
> Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com
> kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m
> "If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped
with surreal ports?"
>
>
--
James Bowling
<james at jamesbowling.com>