Do Users have to be Unique accross domains

I have problems logging in Ispconfig account (unisg UebiMiau) when users have the same name accross domains.

This is a Centos 4.4 perfect Setup with ISPConfig.

User [email protected] with password yyy logs fine.
User [email protected] with password zzz cant log in (both users are xxx in different domains and different passwords).

Is this normal? do users have to be unique across the whole ISPConfig Database for Imap purposes?

Whereas POP3has no problem loging in nor Postfix sending with AUTH enabled.

Maildir is enabled as it should and IMAP is Devecot

Any ideas?

TIA

 

Missunderstanding user-login

Till,

I changed the terms:

By "USER" I mean "LOGIN USER", that is, the username you use to login to read your email at ISPConfig ([email protected]).

I understand [email protected] has to be unique accross the system BUT, dows XXX has as this is used to login into the webmail (Imap).

The problem does not occur when you POP the account.

Please, refer to my post and change the term "USER" by "login User"

Thanks

 

Users across domains

Till, I think I am not making myself understood with the problem.

Here are some remarks:

Users do not contain @ sign. The are named as they should, lets say "till".

Users are unique for the server, since for domain1.tld they are assigned web1_till and for domain2.tld is assignerd web2_till

The problem, when loggin in into UebiMiau, I can log

[email protected] with passwor ABC but then if I want to log in [email protected] with password XYZ I am kicked off with invalid user/password.

The two doamins are created as well as the two different accounts in each domain.

Am I explaining myself correctly?

 

Probles in ISPConfig Login

Ok, let me go to the begginig:

1) As I said in my first post, yes I am using "[email protected]" (email address) with appropiate passord in Outlook and works fine POPing and SENDing (Dovecot and Postfix)

2) I am not deactivating the user name prefix. (Is there a way to do it?)

3) The normal way for Dovecot is to log in with email address (Maildir way). At least other posts mention it and works for domain1, domain3 (different user name´s email login (eg: [email protected])

Please read post by HANS at thread http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8509

 

Dovecot IMAP

I think what the problem might be (pleas correct me if I am wrong since I dont have the system with me now)

A post by you (Till) says:

 

Webmail login problems

Here is a post by Bluethunder82:

 

For ISPConfig's Uebimiau webamil package, you must use email addresses to log in because we modified the login procedure. But in regular email clients such as thunderbird, Outlook, etc. you must use the username (e.g. web1_someuser).

 

POP3 Question

Falko,

Im having a simular issue/question.

I have
email: [email protected]
user: web1_david
Admin, Catch All

and
email: [email protected]
user: web1_josh


but if i send messages to [email protected] i never get them...
the [email protected] gets messages to [email protected] if i send mail to [email protected] i will get them in the josh inbox..

this is telling me that the email [email protected] doesn't exist..is this correct?

I followed your "FC6 ISPConfig example" perfectly I think.

Can you help me out.

David

 

Alterantive

I also got frustrated with this mess in ISPConfig, an illogical way of doing email.

Use VPostmaster. Easier to install , no "Perfect Setup"s that are not "perfect" whatsoever and no ISPConfig which is by far the hardest way to setup a ISP tools.

 

mail log?

Im sorry, I'm a newb to linux...(im sortof a windows guy...just tying to find my place in this "Free Server Software" world) anyway..I don't know where the mail log file is. Can you help with that?

thanks,

Sorry to waste you time.

David

 

Depends sometimes on the used distribution, but almost all distributions adhere the rule to put all log files in

Code:

/var/log

Postfix is normally putting log entries in both mail.info and mail.log.

 

Mail update

OK,

heres something i just noticed...when i send a message to [email protected] it actually shows up in josh's box (/var/mail/josh)...

but when i check his mail using outlook express i have to login with web1_josh i get no mail, and if i try just josh it never authorizes.

So it's like half working...

Thanks

 

If mail ends up in /var/mail/josh, you have probably not setup ISPConfig correctly (the Postfix part). It shouldn't be there. What's the output of

Code:

postconf -n

 

postconf -n

alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes
command_directory = /usr/sbin
config_directory = /etc/postfix
daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
debug_peer_level = 2
html_directory = no
inet_interfaces = all
mail_owner = postfix
mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix
manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
mydestination = /etc/postfix/local-host-names
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8
newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix
queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix
readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.3.3/README_FILES
sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.3.3/samples
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix
setgid_group = postdrop
smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes
smtp_use_tls = yes
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauth_destination
smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtpd_sasl_local_domain =
smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/ssl/cacert.pem
smtpd_tls_auth_only = no
smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.crt
smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.key
smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1
smtpd_tls_received_header = yes
smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s
smtpd_use_tls = yes
tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom
unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550

 

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