[Dovecot] Authentication Error Message formats

2008-10-29 Thread Albert E. Whale
I have been using UW's IMAP server and I am converting to Dovecot for Maildir support. When a user fails authentication, or a user does not exist, it appears that the same message is used for these events. Is there a way to indicate that the user does not exist (Invalid user), and authentication

Re: [Dovecot] Authentication Error Message formats

2008-10-29 Thread Charles Marcus
On 10/29/2008, Albert E. Whale ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: When a user fails authentication, or a user does not exist, it appears that the same message is used for these events. When asking for help, it is always a good idea to provide some basic info... in this case, sample log entries from

Re: [Dovecot] Authentication Error Message formats

2008-10-29 Thread Timo Sirainen
On Wed, 2008-10-29 at 09:49 -0400, Albert E. Whale wrote: I have been using UW's IMAP server and I am converting to Dovecot for Maildir support. When a user fails authentication, or a user does not exist, it appears that the same message is used for these events. Is there a way to

Re: [Dovecot] Authentication Error Message formats

2008-10-29 Thread Albert E. Whale
Charles Marcus wrote: On 10/29/2008, Albert E. Whale ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: When a user fails authentication, or a user does not exist, it appears that the same message is used for these events. When asking for help, it is always a good idea to provide some basic info... in

Re: [Dovecot] Authentication Error Message formats

2008-10-29 Thread Albert E. Whale
Timo Sirainen wrote: On Wed, 2008-10-29 at 09:49 -0400, Albert E. Whale wrote: I have been using UW's IMAP server and I am converting to Dovecot for Maildir support. When a user fails authentication, or a user does not exist, it appears that the same message is used for these events.

Re: [Dovecot] Authentication Error Message formats

2008-10-29 Thread Timo Sirainen
On Wed, 2008-10-29 at 11:17 -0400, Albert E. Whale wrote: Oct 29 09:43:34 192.168.50.5 dovecot: auth-worker(default): pam(darrin,217.168.145.51): pam_authenticate() failed: Authentication failure .. These attempts to authenticate Darrin will not complete, as this is not a valid user. The IP