I am trying to do authentication with /etc/passwd and something is not working
right for me. Pls help!
When i try to authenticate via pop3, I get: -ERR Authentication failed.
In the logs, I get:
May 21 11:14:07 Info: auth(default): client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=pop3
secured lip=127.0.0.1 rip=127.0.0.1 lport=110 rport=32774
resp=AGp1bmUAU0lORzNlcnQMay 21 11:14:07 Info: auth(default):
passwd(test1,127.0.0.1): lookup
May 21 11:14:07 Info: auth(default): passwd(test1,127.0.0.1): Password mismatch
May 21 11:14:07 Info: auth(default): passwd(test1,127.0.0.1): CRYPT(password) !=
'x'
May 21 11:14:09 Info: auth(default): client out: FAIL 1 user=test1
May 21 11:14:17 Info: pop3-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 1 attempts):
user=<test1>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured
dovecot -n:
Warning: fd limit 256 is lower than what Dovecot can use under full load (more
than 768). Either grow the limit or change login_max_processes_count and
max_mail_processes settings
# OS: SunOS 5.10 sun4u
info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log
protocols: imap pop3
listen(default): 127.0.0.1:143
listen(imap): 127.0.0.1:143
listen(pop3): *
ssl_disable: yes
disable_plaintext_auth: no
login_dir: /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/login
login_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login
login_greeting: IMAP ready.
login_processes_count: 2
mail_debug: yes
mail_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3
mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3
namespace:
type: private
separator: .
prefix: INBOX.
inbox: yes
list: yes
subscriptions: yes
auth default:
verbose: yes
debug: yes
debug_passwords: yes
passdb:
driver: passwd
userdb:
driver: passwd
args: blocking=yes
On Wed, 2009-05-20 at 20:16 -0700, June Qiu wrote:> I am trying to do authentication with /etc/passwd and something is not working right for me. Pls help!..> May 21 11:14:07 Info: auth(default): passwd(test1,127.0.0.1): CRYPT(password) != 'x'/etc/passwd doesn't have passwords nowadays. They're in /etc/shadow. Either user passdb shadow or passdb pam. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 197 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20090520/7ddae0e1/attachment-0002.bin>
Solved. Thanks, Timo! --- On Thu, 5/21/09, Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi> wrote:> From: Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi> > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Authenticating with /etc/passwd > To: "June Qiu" <qljune at yahoo.com> > Cc: dovecot at dovecot.org > Date: Thursday, May 21, 2009, 11:31 AM > On Wed, 2009-05-20 at 20:16 -0700, > June Qiu wrote: > > I am trying to do authentication with /etc/passwd and > something is not working right for me. Pls help! > .. > > May 21 11:14:07 Info: auth(default): > passwd(test1,127.0.0.1): CRYPT(password) != 'x' > > /etc/passwd doesn't have passwords nowadays. They're in > /etc/shadow. > Either user passdb shadow or passdb pam. > >
On 5/20/2009, June Qiu (qljune at yahoo.com) wrote:> dovecot -n: > > Warning: fd limit 256 is lower than what Dovecot can use under full load (more than 768). Either grow the limit or change login_max_processes_count and max_mail_processes settings > # OS: SunOS 5.10 sun4u > info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot.logIs the missing version line a copy/paste error? Or did the warning obscure it somehow? -- Best regards, Charles
it is as displayed --- On Thu, 5/21/09, Charles Marcus <CMarcus at Media-Brokers.com> wrote:> From: Charles Marcus <CMarcus at Media-Brokers.com> > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Authenticating with /etc/passwd > To: "June Qiu" <qljune at yahoo.com> > Cc: dovecot at dovecot.org > Date: Thursday, May 21, 2009, 6:39 PM > On 5/20/2009, June Qiu (qljune at yahoo.com) > wrote: > > dovecot -n: > > > > Warning: fd limit 256 is lower than what Dovecot can > use under full load (more than 768). Either grow the limit > or change login_max_processes_count and max_mail_processes > settings > > # OS: SunOS 5.10 sun4u > > info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log > > Is the missing version line a copy/paste error? Or did the > warning > obscure it somehow? > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Charles >
Apologies for the confusion.. But I finally got what you meant. Yes, the version exists, but was omitted in the extract of the email. --- On Thu, 5/21/09, Charles Marcus <CMarcus at Media-Brokers.com> wrote:> From: Charles Marcus <CMarcus at Media-Brokers.com> > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Authenticating with /etc/passwd > To: dovecot at dovecot.org > Date: Thursday, May 21, 2009, 10:17 PM > On 5/21/2009 10:11 AM, June Qiu > wrote: > > it is as displayed > > So there's some weird dovecot -n bug that doesn't show the > dovecot > version if the 'Warning: fd limit...' warning is output? > > > --- On Thu, 5/21/09, Charles Marcus <CMarcus at Media-Brokers.com> > wrote: > > > >> From: Charles Marcus <CMarcus at Media-Brokers.com> > >> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Authenticating with > /etc/passwd > >> To: "June Qiu" <qljune at yahoo.com> > >> Cc: dovecot at dovecot.org > >> Date: Thursday, May 21, 2009, 6:39 PM > >> On 5/20/2009, June Qiu (qljune at yahoo.com) > >> wrote: > >>> dovecot -n: > >>> > >>> Warning: fd limit 256 is lower than what > Dovecot can > >> use under full load (more than 768). Either grow > the limit > >> or change login_max_processes_count and > max_mail_processes > >> settings > >>> # OS: SunOS 5.10 sun4u > >>> info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log > >> Is the missing version line a copy/paste error? Or > did the > >> warning > >> obscure it somehow? > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Charles >