dovecot - May 2012 - I can't logon to the mail server using an NIS user account

Below is my configuration

# 2.0.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 3.0.0-17-server x86_64 Ubuntu 11.10
auth_mechanisms = plain login
mail_location = maildir:/nfs/users/%u/Maildir
passdb {
  args = scheme=CRYPT username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users
  driver = passwd-file
}
protocols = " imap pop3"
service auth {
  unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
    group = postfix
    mode = 0660
    user = postfix
  }
}
service imap-login {
  inet_listener imap {
    port = 143
  }
  inet_listener imaps {
    port = 993
    ssl = yes
  }
}
ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/mail.prisaltd.local.crt
ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/prisa.key
userdb {
  args = username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users
  driver = passwd-file
}
protocol imap {
  imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep
  imap_logout_format = bytes=%i/%o
  mail_plugins }

/etc/pam.d/common-password
--------------------------------------------

# here are the per-package modules (the "Primary" block)
password [success=1 default=ignore] pam_unix.so obscure sha512 nis
# here's the fallback if no module succeeds
password requisite pam_deny.so
# prime the stack with a positive return value if there isn't one already;
# this avoids us returning an error just because nothing sets a success code
# since the modules above will each just jump around
password required pam_permit.so
# and here are more per-package modules (the "Additional" block)
password optional pam_ecryptfs.so
# end of pam-auth-update config

dovecot logs
------------------
May 26 13:14:39 prisa-appserver ntpdate[574]: Can't find host
ntp.ubuntu.com:
Name or service not known (-2)
May 26 13:14:39 prisa-appserver ntpdate[574]: no servers can be used,
exiting
May 26 13:14:48 prisa-appserver sudo: pam_ecryptfs: pam_sm_authenticate:
/home/prisa is already mounted
May 26 13:14:50 prisa-appserver kernel: [   90.418686] CIFS: Unknown mount
option -
May 26 13:14:50 prisa-appserver kernel: [   90.472004] CIFS VFS: default
security mechanism requested.  The default security mechanism will be
upgraded from ntlm to ntlmv2 in kernel release 3.1
May 26 13:15:44 prisa-appserver ntpdate[1571]: Can't find host
ntp.ubuntu.com: Name or service not known (-2)
May 26 13:15:44 prisa-appserver ntpdate[1571]: no servers can be used,
exiting
May 26 13:17:01 prisa-appserver CRON[1678]: (root) CMD (   cd / &&
run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
May 26 13:39:01 prisa-appserver CRON[1775]: (root) CMD (  [ -x
/usr/lib/php5/maxlifetime ] && [ -d /var/lib/php5 ] && find
/var/lib/php5/
-depth -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type f -cmin +$(/usr/lib/php5/maxlifetime)
! -execdir fuser -s {} 2>/dev/null \; -delete)
May 26 13:46:08 prisa-appserver dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (auth
failed, 3 attempts): user=<prisa>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.128.14,
lip=192.168.128.15, TLS
May 26 13:46:59 prisa-appserver dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (no auth
attempts): rip=192.168.128.14, lip=192.168.128.15
May 26 13:46:59 prisa-appserver dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (no auth
attempts): rip=192.168.128.14, lip=192.168.128.15
May 26 13:46:59 prisa-appserver dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (no auth
attempts): rip=192.168.128.14, lip=192.168.128.15, TLS handshaking:
SSL_accept() failed: error:14094418:SSL routines:SSL3_READ_BYTES:tlsv1
alert unknown ca: SSL alert number 48
May 26 13:46:59 prisa-appserver dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (no auth
attempts): rip=192.168.128.14, lip=192.168.128.15
May 26 13:46:59 prisa-appserver dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (no auth
attempts): rip=192.168.128.14, lip=192.168.128.15
May 26 13:46:59 prisa-appserver dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (no auth
attempts): rip=192.168.128.14, lip=192.168.128.15, TLS handshaking:
SSL_accept() failed: error:14094418:SSL routines:SSL3_READ_BYTES:tlsv1
alert unknown ca: SSL alert number 48
May 26 13:46:59 prisa-appserver dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (no auth
attempts): rip=192.168.128.14, lip=192.168.128.15, TLS
May 26 13:46:59 prisa-appserver dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (no auth
attempts): rip=192.168.128.14, lip=192.168.128.15, TLS
May 26 13:47:04 prisa-appserver postfix/smtpd[1820]: connect from
unknown[192.168.128.14]
May 26 13:47:04 prisa-appserver postfix/smtpd[1820]: improper command
pipelining after EHLO from unknown[192.168.128.14]
May 26 13:47:04 prisa-appserver postfix/smtpd[1820]: disconnect from
unknown[192.168.128.14]
May 26 13:47:04 prisa-appserver postfix/smtpd[1830]: connect from
unknown[192.168.128.14]
May 26 13:47:04 prisa-appserver postfix/smtpd[1830]: lost connection after
CONNECT from unknown[192.168.128.14]
May 26 13:47:04 prisa-appserver postfix/smtpd[1830]: disconnect from
unknown[192.168.128.14]
May 26 13:47:22 prisa-appserver dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (auth
failed, 3 attempts): user=<femmy>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.128.14,
lip=192.168.128.15, TLS
May 26 13:47:48 prisa-appserver dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (auth
failed, 3 attempts): user=<femmy at mail.prisaltd.local>, method=PLAIN,
rip=192.168.128.14, lip=192.168.128.15, TLS
May 26 13:48:15 prisa-appserver dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (auth
failed, 3 attempts): user=<femmy>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.128.14,
lip=192.168.128.15, TLS
May 26 13:48:21 prisa-appserver dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (auth
failed, 3 attempts): user=<femmy at mail.prisaltd.local>, method=PLAIN,
rip=192.168.128.14, lip=192.168.128.15, TLS

Please what am I doing wrong? I've been on this for 2 weeks.


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On Sat, 2012-05-26 at 13:51 +0100, Kayode Odeyemi wrote:
> Below is my configuration
> 
> passdb {
>   args = scheme=CRYPT username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users
>   driver = passwd-file
> }
Dovecot isn't using NIS. It's using user accounts in /etc/dovecot/users
file.

And in any case set auth_debug_passwords=yes to debug authentication.