[Dovecot] Plain password not authenticating

[Chris Wakelin]

I've got something like

auth default {
   mechanisms = plain login
   passdb = passwd-file [
     args = /some/path/passwd
   }
   userdb = passwd-file {
     args = /some/path/passwd
   }
}

Best Wishes,
Chris

Anne Wilson wrote:
> I'm trying to set up a temporary mailserver using Debian Sarge and 
> Dovecot 1.0 with maildir format.  My only previous experience has been 
> on a simple imap server.
> 
> I have read the wiki documentation and searched the archives, but can't 
> tie down my problem.  The log tells me
> 
> Info: passwd-file(anne) : unknown user.
> 
> I have set 
> auth_userdb = passwd-file /etc/imap.passwd
> auth_passdb = passwd-file /etc/imap.passwd
> 
> and created the /etc/imap.passwd file as
> anne:{plain}mypassword:1000:1000::/home/anne
> 
> What have I missed?
> 
> Anne


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