dovecot - Jul 2007 - Can't connect to auth server at default: Resource temporarily unavailable

Hello!

What do the following messages mean?

Jul 24 13:07:20 box dovecot: pop3-login: Can't connect to auth server at
default: Resource temporarily unavailable
Jul 24 13:07:20 box dovecot: imap-login: Can't connect to auth server at
default: Resource temporarily unavailable
Jul 24 13:07:20 box dovecot: pop3-login: Can't connect to auth server at
default: Resource temporarily unavailable
Jul 24 13:07:22 box dovecot: imap-login: Can't connect to auth server at
default: Resource temporarily unavailable
Jul 24 13:07:25 box dovecot: pop3-login: Can't connect to auth server at
default: Resource temporarily unavailable

I am running 1.0.beta3-3ubuntu5.5 on Ubuntu Dapper LTS.

Thanks.

Hi bob,

Tuesday, July 24, 2007, 2:11:31 PM, you wrote:
> Hello!
> What do the following messages mean?
> Jul 24 13:07:20 box dovecot: pop3-login: Can't connect to auth server
at
> default: Resource temporarily unavailable
> Jul 24 13:07:20 box dovecot: imap-login: Can't connect to auth server
at
> default: Resource temporarily unavailable
> Jul 24 13:07:20 box dovecot: pop3-login: Can't connect to auth server
at
> default: Resource temporarily unavailable
> Jul 24 13:07:22 box dovecot: imap-login: Can't connect to auth server
at
> default: Resource temporarily unavailable
> Jul 24 13:07:25 box dovecot: pop3-login: Can't connect to auth server
at
> default: Resource temporarily unavailable
> I am running 1.0.beta3-3ubuntu5.5 on Ubuntu Dapper LTS.
Show your auth default section.
But 'dovecot -n' will be more useful.

Which service do you use to authenticate users?

> Thanks.


-- 
Sergey

Hi bob,

Tuesday, July 24, 2007, 2:30:24 PM, you wrote:
> auth default {
>    mechanisms = plain login
>    userdb passwd {
>      args = blocking=yes
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - try comment this.
>    }
>    passdb pam {
>      args = dovecot
>    }
>    user = dovecot-auth
>  }
http://wiki.dovecot.org/WhyDoesItNotWork

>> But 'dovecot -n' will be more useful.
> dovecot doesn't seem to like "-n"
It must work.
# "dovecot -n" command gives a clean output of the changed settings.
Use it
# instead of copy&pasting this file when posting to the Dovecot mailing
list.


>> Which service do you use to authenticate users?
> saslauthd from cyrus
Sorry, I don't use it, but I think the problem is there.


-- 
Sergey