[Dovecot] Problem with LDAP and Dovecot

Paolo Basenghi P.Basenghi at netribe.it
Mon Dec 13 11:52:08 EET 2004


I think you are wrong with the "pass_filter" parameter in your
dovecot-ldap.conf
Try to change the line "pass_filter = user_filter = (mail=%u)" with
"pass_filter =  (mail=%u)"
Best regards.

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Peter Clark ha scritto:

>    I am trying to set up Dovecot so that it uses LDAP, but I keep getting 
>this error message in /var/log/syslog:
>
>Dec 12 03:38:17 mydomain dovecot-auth: LDAP: ldap_search() failed (filter 
>user_filter = (mail=user at mydomain.tld)): Bad search filter
>
>Relevant configuration files:
>/etc/dovecot-ldap.conf:
>hosts = localhost
>dn = cn=dovecot,ou=sysAccounts,dc=mydomain,dc=tld
>dnpass = password
>ldap_version = 3
>base = ou=mailAccounts,dc=mydomain,dc=tld
>deref = never
>scope = subtree
>user_attrs = mail,,,,,
>user_filter = (mail=%u)
>pass_attrs = mail,userPassword
>pass_filter = user_filter = (mail=%u)
>default_pass_scheme = CRYPT
>user_global_uid = 5000
>user_global_gid = 5000
>
>/etc/dovecot.conf:
>protocols =  imap imaps pop3s
>imap_listen = 127.0.0.1
>imaps_listen = *
>pop3s_listen = *
>ssl_cert_file = /etc/ssl/mydomain.tld/Cert.pem
>ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/mydomain.tld/PrivateKey.pem
>disable_plaintext_auth = yes
>login = imap
>login_user = dovecot
>login = pop3
>verbose_proctitle = yes
>first_valid_uid = 5000
>last_valid_uid = 5000
>first_valid_gid = 5000
>last_valid_gid = 5000
>mail_extra_groups = mail
>valid_chroot_dirs = /var/mail/virtualmail
>default_mail_env = maildir:/var/mail/virtualmail/%n/Maildir
>auth = default
>auth_mechanisms = plain
>auth_userdb = ldap /etc/dovecot-ldap.conf
>auth_passdb = ldap /etc/dovecot-ldap.conf
>auth_user = dovecot
>auth_verbose = yes
>auth_debug = no
>
>In /etc/ldap/slapd.conf:
>access to attribute=userPassword
>        by dn="cn=admin,dc=mydomain,dc=tld" write
>        by dn="cn=dovecot,ou=sysAccounts,dc=mydomain,dc=tld" read
>        by anonymous auth
>        by self write
>        by * none
>
>Output of 'slapcat | grep dovecot':
>dn: cn=dovecot,ou=sysAccounts,dc=mydomain,dc=tld
>cn: dovecot
>sn: dovecot
>
>    I've even tried changing the dn to admin, but I still get the same error. 
>What am I doing wrong?
>    :Peter
>
>
>  
>







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