Configuration of dovecot in ispconfig2 Hi, I am installing ISPConfig 2 on a new server with dovecot (pop3, pop3s, imap and imaps) instead of using courier-pop and courrier-imap. I cannot login either through pop3 or imap, it gives me the following error: dovecot: auth(default): new auth connection: pid=8033 dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH#0111#011PLAIN#011service=POP3#011secured#011lip=127.0.0.1#011rip=127.0.0.1#011resp=<hidden> dovecot: auth(default): pam(c1_user,127.0.0.1): lookup service=dovecot dovecot: auth(default): pam(c1_user,127.0.0.1): pam_authenticate() failed: Authentication failure dovecot: auth(default): client out: FAIL#0111#011user=c1_user dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (1 authentication attempts): user=<c1_user>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH#0111#011PLAIN#011service=IMAP#011lip=xx.xx.xx.xx#011rip=xx.xx.xx.xx dovecot: auth(default): client out: CONT#0111#011 dovecot: auth(default): client in: CONT<hidden> dovecot: auth(default): pam(c1_user,xx.xx.xx.xx): lookup service=dovecot dovecot: auth(default): pam(c1_user,xx.xx.xx.xx): pam_authenticate() failed: Authentication failure dovecot: auth(default): client out: FAIL#0111#011user=c1_user dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH#0112#011PLAIN#011service=IMAP#011lip=XX.XX.XX;XX#011rip=xx.xx.xx.xx#011resp=<hidden> dovecot: auth(default): pam(c1_user,xx.xx.xx.xx): lookup service=dovecot dovecot: auth(default): pam(c1_user,xx.xx.xx.xx): pam_authenticate() failed: Authentication failure dovecot: auth(default): client out: FAIL#0112#011user=c1_user dovecot -n gives me: # 1.0.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 pop3_uidl_format(default): pop3_uidl_format(imap): pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xu%08Xv auth default: verbose: yes debug: yes passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd Friends your helps will be appreciated Thanks shafeek
Problem solved. The data has been imported from another ISPConfig server to the new ISPConfig server database. Then I found that ISPConfig has recreated the accounts and entries in the following files automatically: - /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and /etc/group - /etc/postfix/virtusertable - /etc/postfix/local-host-names I would to confirm whether this is true!!! But the problem is that /etc/shadow does not contain the passwd. The solution is to copy exactly the /etc/passwd, /etc/group and /etc/shadow from the old server to the new one. This solves the problem. No config problem with dovecot only a few adjustments is needed as follows: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3s listen = * mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir protocol pop3{ pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } You may tune the config as you wish invoke-rc.d dovecot restart then do a netstat -tanlp to view whether pop3 pop3s imap and imaps port and program are running Thanks shafeek
