Re: [Dovecot] Exim Dovecot Authentication Problem

[Marc Perkel]

ok - making some progress but still not working. Here's the error I'm 
getting.

2008-01-20 08:06:37 dovecot_plain authenticator failed for 
bigdog1.junkemailfilter.com ([192.168.2.112]) [209.204.160.104]: 435 
Unable to authenticate at present: authentication socket protocol error

Exim side:

dovecot_plain:
 driver = dovecot
 public_name = PLAIN
 server_socket = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client
 server_set_id = $auth1

Dovecot Side:

auth default {

 mechanisms = plain

 passdb passwd-file {
   # Master users that can log in as anyone
   args = /etc/dovecot.masterusers
   master = yes
   pass =yes
 }


 # Linuxconf passwd-like file with specified location
 passdb passwd-file {
   args = /etc/exim/control/vmail/shadow.%d
 }


 # Linuxconf passwd-like file with specified location
 userdb passwd-file {
   args = /etc/exim/control/vmail/passwd.%d
 }

 socket listen {
   master {
     path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
     mode = 0666
   }
   client {
     path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client
     mode = 0666
   }
 }
}