On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Rajeev R. K. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Mehul,

Hi Rajiv,

> This appears to be a config error w.r.t the PAM config. For more
> information as to why the authentication was refused, i suggest you
> view the entries in the /var/log/secure for the messages from pam.

Here's the relevant entry from /var/log/auth.log
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May 11 04:23:54 www dovecot-auth: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): check pass;
user unknown
May 11 04:23:54 www dovecot-auth: pam_unix(dovecot:auth):
authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=dovecot ruser=
rhost=::ffff:122.169.50.85
May 11 04:23:54 www dovecot-auth: pam_succeed_if(dovecot:auth): error
retrieving information about user [email protected]
-----

> Also, in the broader sense, maybe you should look at using mysql
> tables for authentication, if ISPConfig supports it, as it will open
> less holes in the base system.

Yes it would indeed be a good idea. I have setup dovecot to use mysql
to look into the tables but I am yet to figure out how the accounts
created in ISPConfig would be stored in the table.

> Regards
> R. K. Rajeev

With Regards,
Mehul Ved
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