dovecot - Jun 2015 - authenticate LDAP to email server

i have enabled logging, how can i run a test to get some results.

i have tried to add a mail account through thunderbird using my ldap user
but i am not getting any error logs in the /var/log/dovecot.log file

any help on how i can produce logs to show you guys

thanks

rob

got something

when i did a telnet localhost 143, i got this

Jun 28 23:16:46 post dovecot: auth: Fatal: LDAP: No base given
Jun 28 23:16:46 post dovecot: master: Error: service(auth): command startup
failed, throttling
Jun 28 23:17:21 post dovecot: imap-login: Error: Timeout waiting for
handshake from auth server. my pid=2284, input bytes=0
Jun 28 23:17:46 post dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: Inactivity (no auth
attempts): rip=::1, lip=::1, secured
Jun 28 23:17:46 post dovecot: auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory:
/usr/lib64/dovecot/auth
Jun 28 23:17:46 post dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded:
/usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libauthdb_ldap.so
Jun 28 23:17:46 post dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded:
/usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_sqlite.so
Jun 28 23:17:46 post dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded:
/usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libmech_gssapi.so
Jun 28 23:17:46 post dovecot: auth: Fatal: LDAP: No base given
Jun 28 23:17:46 post dovecot: master: Error: service(auth): command startup
failed, throttling

success, i want to take this time in thanking all of you, thanks so much,
much appreciated!!!

Jun 29 00:10:12 post dovecot: imap(rwild): Disconnected: Too many invalid
IMAP commands. bytes=50/12
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Jun 29 00:10:31 post dovecot: auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory:
/usr/lib64/dovecot/auth
Jun 29 00:10:31 post dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded:
/usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libauthdb_ldap.so
Jun 29 00:10:31 post dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded:
/usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_sqlite.s
                                                                          o
Jun 29 00:10:31 post dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded:
/usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libmech_gssapi.so
Jun 29 00:10:31 post dovecot: auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=7350)
Jun 29 00:10:46 post dovecot: auth: Debug: client in:
AUTH#0111#011PLAIN#011service=imap#011secured#


011lip=::1#011rip=::1#011lport=143#011rport=42899#011resp=AHJ3aWxkAGthcm8xOTg0
Jun 29 00:10:46 post dovecot: auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory:
/usr/lib64/dovecot/auth
Jun 29 00:10:46 post dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded:
/usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libauthdb_ldap.so
Jun 29 00:10:46 post dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded:
/usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_sqlite.s
                                                                          o
Jun 29 00:10:46 post dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded:
/usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libmech_gssapi.so
Jun 29 00:10:46 post dovecot: auth: Debug: pam(rwild,::1): lookup
service=dovecot
Jun 29 00:10:46 post dovecot: auth: Debug: pam(rwild,::1): #1/1 style=1
msg=Password:
Jun 29 00:10:46 post dovecot: auth: Debug: client out: OK#0111#011user=rwild
Jun 29 00:10:46 post dovecot: auth: Debug: master in:
REQUEST#0113883401217#0117350#0111#0115b2e6643

  70256436b6db653a8a21ac68
Jun 29 00:10:46 post dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd(rwild,::1): lookup
Jun 29 00:10:46 post dovecot: auth: Debug: master out:
USER#0113883401217#011rwild#011system_groups_

user=rwild#011uid=1000#011gid=500#011home=/ldap/home/rwild
Jun 29 00:10:46 post dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<rwild>,
method=PLAIN, rip=::1, lip=::1, mpid                                            
7393,
secured
Jun 29 00:10:46 post dovecot: imap(rwild): Debug: Effective uid=1000,
gid=500, home=/ldap/home/rwild
Jun 29 00:10:46 post dovecot: imap(rwild): Debug: maildir++:
root=/ldap/home/rwild/Maildir, index=,

 control=, inbox=/ldap/home/rwild/Maildir