Dovecot

[Mike Chambers]

a.000 NO [AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Authentication failed.


Nov 20 20:26:22 scooby.mtchambers.com dovecot[4614]: auth-worker(4865):
Error: passwd(mike,192.168.1.1): Invalid password in passdb: crypt()
failed: Invalid argument
Nov 20 20:26:24 scooby.mtchambers.com dovecot[4614]: auth-worker(4865):
Error: passwd(mike,192.168.1.1): Invalid password in passdb: crypt()
failed: Invalid argument
Nov 20 20:26:26 scooby.mtchambers.com dovecot[4614]: auth-worker(4865):
Error: passwd(mike,192.168.1.1): Invalid password in passdb: crypt()
failed: Invalid argument
Nov 20 20:27:01 scooby.mtchambers.com dovecot[4614]: auth-worker(4865):
Error: passwd(mike,127.0.0.1): Invalid password in passdb: crypt() failed:
Invalid argument
Nov 20 20:28:02 scooby.mtchambers.com dovecot[4614]: imap-login:
Disconnected: Too many invalid commands (auth failed, 1 attempts in 61
secs): user=<mike>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured,
session=<WW8PLlUI4wB/AAAB>

Something in the configuring isn't setup cause I remember doing this
before, like year or 2 ago and had to get it set right.


On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 8:26 PM, Ed Greshko <ed.greshko at greshko.com> wrote:

> On 11/21/14 09:48, Mike Chambers wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Just recently I reinstalled my server box, and having to set it up to
> receive email again.  I got sendmail working OK I think, and have dovecot
> setup for imap and pop.  But dovecot won't recognize my login info, so it's
> not recognizing my default logins, which I just use a normal /etc/passwd
> for users and passwords, nothing special.  I also have ssl turned off since
> it's all local.
> >
> > So what am I missing in my /etc/dovecot/conf.d dir to configure?
> >
> > BTW, it is Fedora 21 that I am using, but it shouldn't matter as dovecot
> should be same on 20 as well, I would think/hope.
> >
> > Any help appreciated, thanks.
> >
>
> What do you get if you do....
>
> telnet localhost 143    and then enter ....
>
> a.000 login username password
>
> I don't use dovecot.....but there should be logs and you should be able to
> do
>
> journalctl -b 0 -u dovecot
>
>
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-- 
Mike Chambers
Madisonville, KY
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