[Dovecot] Can't take user info from an alternate file

[dave at 661.org]

On Mon, 12 Aug 2013, Timo Sirainen wrote:

> On 12.8.2013, at 22.11, dave at 661.org wrote:
>
>> I'm positive I did everything right to get Dovecot to take usernames and passwords from /etc/dovecot/users, but it still goes for /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow.  The format of /etc/dovecot/users is "alice:{PLAIN}plaintextpassword" Here's my "doveconf -n":
>
> What does Dovecot log when you're logging in?

2013-08-12T20:26:44.914861+00:00 papasmurf postfix/smtpd[14219]: connect 
from ip6-localhost[::1]
Aug 12 20:26:44 papasmurf postfix/smtpd[14219]: connect from 
ip6-localhost[::1]
2013-08-12T20:27:01.880523+00:00 papasmurf postfix/smtpd[14219]: warning: 
SASL authentication failure: Password verification failed
2013-08-12T20:27:01.880538+00:00 papasmurf postfix/smtpd[14219]: warning: 
ip6-localhost[::1]: SASL PLAIN authentication failed: authentication 
failure
Aug 12 20:27:01 papasmurf postfix/smtpd[14219]: warning: SASL 
authentication failure: Password verification failed
Aug 12 20:27:01 papasmurf postfix/smtpd[14219]: warning: 
ip6-localhost[::1]: SASL PLAIN authentication failed: authentication 
failure

Commands used were "EHLO localhost" and "AUTH PLAIN <base64 stuff>

-- 
David Griffith
dave at 661.org