dovecot - Jan 2012 - uid / gid and systemusers

Hi all,

I'm facing a problem when a user (q and g in this example) is logging into
dovecot. Can anybody tell some hint?

Thanks in advance.

George

/var/log/mail.log:
...
Jan  8 16:18:28 test dovecot: User q is missing UID (see mail_uid setting)
Jan  8 16:18:28 test dovecot: imap-login: Internal login failure (auth failed, 1
attempts): user=<q>, method=PLAIN, rip=AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD,
lip=EEE.FFF.GGG.HHH TLS    <--- edited by me
Jan  8 16:18:28 test dovecot: dovecot: User g is missing UID (see mail_uid
setting)
Jan  8 16:18:28 test dovecot: imap-login: Internal login failure (auth failed, 1
attempts): user=<g>, method=PLAIN, rip=AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD,
lip=EEE.FFF.GGG.HHH TLS    <--- edited by me

/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:
protocols = imaps
disable_plaintext_auth = yes
shutdown_clients = yes
log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S "
ssl = yes
ssl_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem
ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem
mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
mail_privileged_group = mail
mbox_write_locks = fnctl dotlock
auth default {
  mechanisms = plain
  passdb shadow {
  }
}

/etc/passwd:
...
g:x:1000:1000:test1,,,:/home/g:/bin/bash
q:x:1001:1001:test2,,,:/home/q:/bin/bash

/etc/group:
...
g:x:1000:
q:x:1001:

On 8.1.2012, at 17.37, xamiw at arcor.de wrote:
> Jan  8 16:18:28 test dovecot: User q is missing UID (see mail_uid setting)
> Jan  8 16:18:28 test dovecot: imap-login: Internal login failure (auth
failed, 1 attempts): user=<q>, method=PLAIN, rip=AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD,
lip=EEE.FFF.GGG.HHH TLS    <--- edited by me
..
> auth default {
>  mechanisms = plain
>  passdb shadow {
>  }
> }
You have passdb, but no userdb.
> /etc/passwd:
> ...
> g:x:1000:1000:test1,,,:/home/g:/bin/bash
> q:x:1001:1001:test2,,,:/home/q:/bin/bash
To use /etc/passwd as userdb, you need to add userdb passwd {}

That's it, thanks a lot.


----- Original Nachricht ----
Von:     Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi>
An:      xamiw at arcor.de
Datum:   09.01.2012 19:44
Betreff: Re: [Dovecot] uid / gid and systemusers
> On 8.1.2012, at 17.37, xamiw at arcor.de wrote:
> 
> > Jan  8 16:18:28 test dovecot: User q is missing UID (see mail_uid
> setting)
> > Jan  8 16:18:28 test dovecot: imap-login: Internal login failure (auth
> failed, 1 attempts): user=<q>, method=PLAIN, rip=AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD,
> lip=EEE.FFF.GGG.HHH TLS    <--- edited by me
> ..
> > auth default {
> >  mechanisms = plain
> >  passdb shadow {
> >  }
> > }
> 
> You have passdb, but no userdb.
> 
> > /etc/passwd:
> > ...
> > g:x:1000:1000:test1,,,:/home/g:/bin/bash
> > q:x:1001:1001:test2,,,:/home/q:/bin/bash
> 
> To use /etc/passwd as userdb, you need to add userdb passwd {}
> 
>