[Dovecot] RC1 broken - Authentication Failed

[Dumitru Negara]

Marc Perkel wrote:
> Works great with all the beta versions. I installed RC1 and get massive authentication failures.
>
>
> auth_debug_passwords = yes
> auth_master_user_separator=*
>
> auth default_with_listener {
>   mechanisms = plain
>
>   passdb passwd-file {
>     # Master users that can log in as anyone
>     args = /etc/dovecot.masterusers
>     master = yes
>     #pass =yes
>   }
>
>   passdb passwd-file {
>     # Path for passwd-file
>     args = /etc/vmail/shadow.%d
>   }
>
>   userdb passwd-file {
>     # Path for passwd-file
>     args = /etc/vmail/passwd.%d
>   }
>
>   socket listen {
>     master {
>       path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
>       mode = 0666
>     }
>   }
>
> }
>
>
> dovecot: Jun 28 07:18:57 Info: auth(default): pam(mark at marxmail.net,64.81.213.137): pam_authenticate() failed: 
> Authentication failure
> dovecot: Jun 28 07:18:57 Info: auth(default): passwd-file(mark at marxmail.net,64.81.213.137): unknown user
> dovecot: Jun 28 07:18:57 Info: auth(default): client in: AUTH   6       PLAIN   service=IMAP    secured 
> lip=69.50.231.8rip=64.81.213.137        resp=AG1hcmtAbWFyeG1haWwubmV0AHlldW4xMjM=
> dovecot: Jun 28 07:18:57 Info: auth(default): client in: AUTH   8       PLAIN   service=IMAP    secured 
> lip=69.50.231.8rip=64.81.213.137        resp=AG1hcmtAbWFyeG1haWwubmV0AHlldW4xMjM=
> dovecot: Jun 28 07:18:57 Info: auth(default): pam(mark at marxmail.net,64.81.213.137): pam_authenticate() failed: 
> Authentication failure
> dovecot: Jun 28 07:18:57 Info: auth(default): passwd-file(mark at marxmail.net,64.81.213.137): unknown user
> dovecot: Jun 28 07:18:57 Info: auth(default): pam(mark at marxmail.net,64.81.213.137): pam_authenticate() failed: 
> Authentication failure
> dovecot: Jun 28 07:18:57 Info: auth(default): passwd-file(mark at marxmail.net,64.81.213.137): unknown user
> dovecot: Jun 28 07:18:57 Info: pop3-login: Disconnected: user=<elizasue at marksharconsulting.com>, method=PLAIN, 
> rip=71.192.214.3, lip=69.50.231.8, TLS
> dovecot: Jun 28 07:18:58 Info: pop3-login: Disconnected: rip=70.105.255.245, lip=69.50.231.8
> dovecot: Jun 28 07:18:59 Info: auth(default): client out: FAIL  26      user=mark at marxmail.net
> dovecot: Jun 28 07:18:59 Info: auth(default): client out: FAIL  27      user=mark at marxmail.net
> dovecot: Jun 28 07:18:59 Info: auth(default): client out: FAIL  7       user=mark at marxmail.net
> dovecot: Jun 28 07:18:59 Info: auth(default): client out: FAIL  8       user=mark at marxmail.net
> dovecot: Jun 28 07:18:59 Info: auth(default): client out: FAIL  6       user=mark at marxmail.net
> dovecot: Jun 28 07:19:04 Info: auth(default): client in: AUTH   28      PLAIN   service=IMAP    secured 
> lip=69.50.231.8rip=66.100.35.217
> dovecot: Jun 28 07:19:04 Info: auth(default): client out: CONT  28
> dovecot: Jun 28 07:19:04 Info: auth(default): client in: CONT   28      
> ADRnZW9yZ2VAdGhlbWlkZGxlYnJvb2tzLm9yZwBnbTU5NjAz
> dovecot: Jun 28 07:19:04 Info: auth(default): pam(4george at themiddlebrooks.org,66.100.35.217): pam_authenticate() 
> failed: Authentication failure
> dovecot: Jun 28 07:19:04 Info: auth(default): passwd-file(4george at themiddlebrooks.org,66.100.35.217): unknown user
> dovecot: Jun 28 07:19:05 Info: auth(default): client out: FAIL  28      user=4george at themiddlebrooks.org
> dovecot: Jun 28 07:19:05 Info: auth(default): client in: AUTH   29      PLAIN   service=IMAP    secured 
> lip=69.50.231.8rip=66.100.35.217        resp=ADRnZW9yZ2VAdGhlbWlkZGxlYnJvb2tzLm9yZwBnbTU5NjAz
> dovecot: Jun 28 07:19:05 Info: auth(default): pam(4george at themiddlebrooks.org,66.100.35.217): pam_authenticate() 
> failed: Authentication failure
> dovecot: Jun 28 07:19:05 Info: auth(default): passwd-file(4george at themiddlebrooks.org,66.100.35.217): unknown user
> dovecot: Jun 28 07:19:06 Info: auth(default): client in: AUTH   30      PLAIN   service=IMAP    secured 
> lip=69.50.231.8rip=63.203.231.61
>   

I compiled dovecot 1.0.rc1 on Debian Sarge and it works fine with both
auth default {
  mechanisms = plain
  passdb pam {
  }
  userdb passwd {
  }

and

auth default {
  mechanisms = plain
  passdb sql {
    args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
  }
  userdb sql {
    args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
  }

No errors in logs.

Regards,
Dumitru