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 ----- 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 -- This file will self-destruct in five minutes. - http://kingsly.net/tmp/fortune.php/1242019626 -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

