Thank you for the reply. Please see below for some more details. On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Thomas Leuxner <[email protected]> wrote:
> * Jens Tobiska <[email protected]> 2013.01.19 18:04: > > > passdb passwd-file { > > args = /etc/auth/%d/shadow > > } > > This looks like a pre-2.x Version, best to share that detail. > Indeed, this is the output of "dovecot -n": # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.13-grsec-xxxx-grs-ipv6-64 x86_64 Debian 6.0.6 ext4 log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot-info.log log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S ssl: no disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: /var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock auth default: verbose: yes debug: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/auth/%d/shadow userdb: driver: static args: uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n > > > > Looking at the logs, %d is empty while %n works, so dovecot is looking > for > > something in /var/mail/vhosts//myname and /etc/auth//shadow which don't > > exist. Replacing %d in dovecot.conf with the actual domain name works. > > > > So, the quesiton is, why is %d empty, and from where does it take its > value? > > Hard to tell without seeing the actual logs. My guess is the login is not > in user@domain format: > > This is the log (MYLOCALIP is the ip on the server which is running dovecot and MYREMOTEIP is the ip of the computer from which I try to connect). I used "mutt -f imap://[email protected]/INBOX" to connect. 2013-01-19 20:42:01 auth(default): Info: client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=imap lip=MYLOCALIP rip=MYREMOTEIP lport=143 rport=49509 resp=<hidden> 2013-01-19 20:42:01 auth(default): Info: passwd-file(jens,MYREMOTEIP): no passwd file: /etc/auth//shadow 2013-01-19 20:42:01 auth(default): Info: new auth connection: pid=6613 2013-01-19 20:42:03 auth(default): Info: client out: FAIL 1 user=jens 2013-01-19 20:42:08 imap-login: Info: Disconnected (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<jens>, method=PLAIN, rip=MYREMOTEIP, lip=MYLOCALIP How can I get the login in the user@domain format? Jens
