dovecot - Feb 2009 - Authentication woes.

I'm still searching but hoping someone can offer a clue-stick.

Long story short!  I had a server crash suddenly and all I can get at 
are the files.  Built a new host and copied the data and config files 
over, correcting ownership and permissions (hopefully) as I went.

But now I can't get logged in.

Messages in /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-info.log, without saslauthd 
running, are like this.

dovecot: Feb 03 08:55:46 Info: auth(default): 
passwd-file(raanders at aesoft-sbcs.com,66.193.34.88): no passwd file: 
username_format=raanders /var/mail/vhosts/aesoft-sbcs.com/passwd
dovecot: Feb 03 08:55:48 Info: auth(default): client out: FAIL  1 
user=raanders at aesoft-sbcs.com
dovecot: Feb 03 08:55:48 Info: auth(default): client in: AUTH   2 
PLAIN   service=IMAP    secured lip=216.64.180.226      rip=66.193.34.88 
        resp=AHJhYW5kZXJzQGFlc29mdC1zYmNzLmNvbQBrNnpiZTQy
dovecot: Feb 03 08:55:48 Info: auth(default): 
passwd-file(raanders at aesoft-sbcs.com,66.193.34.88): no passwd file: 
username_format=raanders /var/mail/vhosts/aesoft-sbcs.com/passwd
dovecot: Feb 03 08:55:50 Info: auth(default): client out: FAIL  2 
user=raanders at aesoft-sbcs.com
dovecot: Feb 03 08:55:54 Info: imap-login: Aborted login: 
user=<raanders at aesoft-sbcs.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=66.193.34.88, 
lip=216.64.180.226, TLS

The passwd file exists and I'm using the correct password.

dovecot -n as an attachment.

More info this is a semi-good attempt at a mail server for virtual 
domains.  _It was working._

Any ideas as to why dovecot says the file doesn't exist?


TIA,
Rod
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On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 09:24 -0800, Roderick A. Anderson
wrote:
> passwd-file(raanders at aesoft-sbcs.com,66.193.34.88): no passwd file: 
> username_format=raanders /var/mail/vhosts/aesoft-sbcs.com/passwd
It's trying to open a file named
"username_format=raanders /var/mail/vhosts/aesoft-sbcs.com/passwd"
which
of course doesn't exist.
> # 1.0.7: /etc/dovecot.conf
..
>   passdb:
>     driver: passwd-file
>     args: username_format=%n /var/mail/vhosts/%d/passwd
username_format setting here required Dovecot v1.1. With v1.0 I think
you can simply not add it and it would work.

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