dovecot - Jul 2009 - SMTP Auth Issue for non /etc/passwd accounts

Folks - With Dovecot 1.0.7, we're seemingly unable to
authenticate users for out-going SMTP access who are
not residing directly within the main system passwd/shadow
files.

(I.e. the users seeded within our non-system "dovecot"
userdbs & passwd files have no "smtp-auth" joy!  (Ye
olde "Relaying denied. Proper authentication required")

I've mucked around with this from several different
angles and clearly saslauthd is the sticking point
in terms of "locking-in" on the /etc system files ONLY for
smtp-auth. Our defined dovecot user/passwd files are
entirely ignored.  Can anyone provide a direction regarding
the appropriate smtp-auth in-road?  Thanks, -M

Regards, M

On Fri, 2009-07-17 at 11:50 -0400, Mark R. Baith wrote:
> Folks - With Dovecot 1.0.7, we're seemingly unable to
> authenticate users for out-going SMTP access who are
> not residing directly within the main system passwd/shadow
> files.
Post your dovecot -n output.

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Timo - As requested.  Regards -M

# 1.0.7: /etc/dovecot.conf
protocols: imaps pop3s
login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login
mail_debug: yes
mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3
mail_plugins(default): quota imap_quota
mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota
mail_plugins(pop3): quota
mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
auth default:
  mechanisms: plain login
  verbose: yes
  debug: yes
  debug_passwords: yes
  passdb:
    driver: passwd-file
    args: /etc/dovecot/passwd
  userdb:
    driver: passwd-file
    args: /etc/dovecot/users
plugin:
  quota: fs:User quota:user

Timo Sirainen previously stated:
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> On Fri, 2009-07-17 at 11:50 -0400, Mark R. Baith wrote:
> > Folks - With Dovecot 1.0.7, we're seemingly unable to
> > authenticate users for out-going SMTP access who are
> > not residing directly within the main system passwd/shadow
> > files.
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Mark R. Baith 

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Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC)
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