[Dovecot] Dovecot LDAP authentication not working

[Kondwani Masiye]

Hie all,

I am new to both Dovecot and this list. I am trying to set up a Dovecot and 
Sendmail mail server with OpenLDAP user database for authentication. The 
sendmail setup is working fine, but authentication for Dovemail is not 
working. When I try to authenticate using POP3, I get an "authentication 
failed" error, and the logs show the following:

Sep 19 16:53:21 tempo slapd[6316]: conn=74 op=2 SRCH 
base="dc=domain,dc=net" scope=2 deref=0 
filter="(&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=kondie))"
Sep 19 16:53:21 tempo slapd[6316]: conn=74 op=2 SRCH attr=uid userPassword
Sep 19 16:53:21 tempo slapd[6316]: <= bdb_equality_candidates: (uid) 
index_param failed (18)
Sep 19 16:53:21 tempo slapd[6316]: conn=74 op=2 SEARCH RESULT tag=101 err=0 
nentries=1 text=
Sep 19 16:53:21 tempo dovecot: auth(default): ldap(kondie,127.0.0.1): 
password mismatch
Sep 19 16:53:25 tempo dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login [127.0.0.1]
Sep 19 16:53:25 tempo slapd[6313]: conn=72 fd=14 closed

I know the password is correct because I am using the same LDAP database 
from a different server using UW Imap and it works.

My dovecot-ldap.conf file below:

hosts = localhost
dn = cn=dovecot,dc=domain,dc=net
ldap_version = 3
base = dc=domain,dc=net
deref = never
scope = subtree
user_attrs = uid,homeDirectory
user_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%u))
pass_attrs = uid,userPassword
pass_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%u))
default_pass_scheme = CRYPT

And the relevant parts (I think) from dovecot.conf file:

I have googled all over and also the archives of this list for the last few 
months but I have not been able to work out what the problem is.  As a 
matter of fact, I have tried to set it up the way it is described here: 
http://wiki.dovecot.org/moin.cgi/DovecotOpenLdap - but no luck.

Could someone please assist in resolving this problem. Any pointers are 
welcome.

Regards,

Kondie Masiye


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