dovecot auth not working on new install [SOLVED]

dirtbag · 2019-09-20 22:11:20

hey folks, Im converting over my old centos 6 server to arch linux and Dovecot is giving me fits..
Im following the instructions at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dovecot

and Ive set copied over the default dovecot files.. and edited the 10-ssl one with my certs..

Ive started up dovecot and it seems to start fine. I try to authenticate against the server with my thunderbird client and I see this in the logs..

Sep 20 18:04:48 archer dovecot[6469]: imap-login: Aborted login (no auth attempts in 0 secs): user=<>, rip=10.9.1.252, lip=10.9.1.22, session=<MswvQgOT1uUKCQH8>
Sep 20 18:04:48 archer dovecot[6469]: imap-login: Aborted login (no auth attempts in 0 secs): user=<>, rip=10.9.1.252, lip=10.9.1.22, session=<89wvQgOT1+UKCQH8>

I just want to authenticate against local users, nothing fancy. Ive searched that error but I cant seem to find anything definite about how to fix it.

I see that my dovecot auth process is running as the dovecot user..

[root@archer dovecot]# ps auxw | grep dove
root        6467  0.0  0.0   4420  3272 ?        Ss   18:03   0:00 /usr/bin/dovecot -F
dovecot     6468  0.0  0.0   4112  1040 ?        S    18:03   0:00 dovecot/anvil
root        6469  0.0  0.0   4248  2704 ?        S    18:03   0:00 dovecot/log
root        6470  0.0  0.0   6028  4124 ?        S    18:03   0:00 dovecot/config
dovecot     6479  0.0  0.0   4132  1052 ?        S    18:04   0:00 dovecot/stats
root        6497  0.0  0.0   6132  2228 pts/0    S+   18:08   0:00 grep dove
dovecot     6501  0.5  0.0  18604  7388 ?        S    18:10   0:00 dovecot/auth
[root@archer dovecot]#

Ive seen that this can be a problem for certain kinds of authentication.. Im not sure if this is my issue, but I cant seem to get authentication of users working..

suggestions?

-db

Last edited by dirtbag (2019-11-25 21:05:44)

jasonwryan · 2019-09-20 22:14:14

1. Please edit your title and choose a descriptive over a hysteric one: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … ow_to_post

2. Use code tags when pasting to the boards: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … s_and_code

Moving to NC...

dirtbag · 2019-09-21 01:07:08

ugh.. how embarassing.. I forgot to create the /etc/dovecot/dh.pem
file.. I created that and its working fine now.

-db

jasonwryan · 2019-09-21 01:53:21

Please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.

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#1 2019-09-20 22:11:20

dovecot auth not working on new install [SOLVED]

#2 2019-09-20 22:14:14

Re: dovecot auth not working on new install [SOLVED]

#3 2019-09-21 01:07:08

Re: dovecot auth not working on new install [SOLVED]

#4 2019-09-21 01:53:21

Re: dovecot auth not working on new install [SOLVED]

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