Hi folks, I'm using the latest Dovecot 1.16 with Postfix for my FreeBSD box. Since v1.1.4 (if i remember correctly), the following message is displayed whenever starting Dovecot. "Info: If you have trouble with authentication failures, enable auth_debug setting. See http://wiki.dovecot.org/WhyDoesItNotWork" Besides that, Dovecot works great but I wonder what this message is all about. I've searched wiki and mailing list but didn't find anything related. PS: I removed Dovecot removing all stalled files and directories and reinstalled it from scratch. Still the message is displayed whenever it starts. Any idea? Athan
On Thu, 30 Oct 2008, Athan Dimoy wrote:> Hi folks, > > I'm using the latest Dovecot 1.16 with Postfix for my FreeBSD box. Since > v1.1.4 > (if i remember correctly), the following message is displayed whenever > starting Dovecot. > > "Info: If you have trouble with authentication failures, enable auth_debug > setting. See http://wiki.dovecot.org/WhyDoesItNotWork" > > Besides that, Dovecot works great but I wonder what this message is all > about. I've > searched wiki and mailing list but didn't find anything related.It was in the release notes and supposed to go away upon first successful authentication. -- Matthias Andree
Athan Dimoy wrote:> Hi folks, > > I'm using the latest Dovecot 1.16 with Postfix for my FreeBSD box. Since > v1.1.4 > (if i remember correctly), the following message is displayed whenever > starting Dovecot. > > "Info: If you have trouble with authentication failures, enable auth_debug > setting. See http://wiki.dovecot.org/WhyDoesItNotWork" > > Besides that, Dovecot works great but I wonder what this message is all > about. I've > searched wiki and mailing list but didn't find anything related. > > PS: I removed Dovecot removing all stalled files and directories and > reinstalled it from scratch. Still the message is displayed whenever it > starts. > > Any idea? >Ah, the irony. The message that was supposed to generate less questions actually causes questions itself. If your Dovecot works, just ignore it. ~Seth
Thank you both for the explanation. @Timo: this message doesn't go way even after a successful login; Dovecot always displays it when it starts, even after /var/lib/dovecot being deleted. I count it as a bug although a minor one. Anyway, not something serious, as Dovecot works really great. Athan