Dovecot not surviving OpenLDAP restart
Hi!
Running Dovecot 2.2.36 and authenticating against an OpenLDAP 2.4.45 server.
Now since some update of dovecot it will not be able to authenticate your logins after a restart of the LDAP service is restarted without a reboot of the dovecot server.
Anything new here that I should be aware of?
Best Regards Dag
Am 08.05.19 um 15:32 schrieb Dag Nygren via dovecot:
Now since some update of dovecot it will not be able to authenticate your logins after a restart of the LDAP service is restarted without a reboot of the dovecot server.
Hello,
This sounds more like a configuration glitch. Could you show the ldap related dovecot configuration?
Logs with failure message will also be helpful.
Andreas
Citerar "A. Schulze via dovecot" <dovecot@dovecot.org>:
Am 08.05.19 um 15:32 schrieb Dag Nygren via dovecot:
Now since some update of dovecot it will not be able to authenticate your logins after a restart of the LDAP service is restarted without a reboot of the dovecot server.
Hello,
This sounds more like a configuration glitch. Could you show the ldap related dovecot configuration?
Logs with failure message will also be helpful.
Andreas
Not much in the logs, just:
............... imap-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 2 attempts in 8
secs): ....................
Here the very basic config:
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This file is opened as root, so it should be owned by root and mode 0600.
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/LDAP
NOTE: If you're not using authentication binds, you'll need to give
dovecot-auth read access to userPassword field in the LDAP server.
With OpenLDAP this is done by modifying /etc/ldap/slapd.conf. There should
already be something like this:
access to attribute=userPassword
by dn="<dovecot's dn>" read # add this
by anonymous auth
by self write
by * none
Space separated list of LDAP hosts to use. host:port is allowed too.
hosts = ns.newtech.fi ns2.newtech.fi
LDAP URIs to use. You can use this instead of hosts list. Note that this
setting isn't supported by all LDAP libraries.
#uris =
Distinguished Name - the username used to login to the LDAP server.
Leave it commented out to bind anonymously (useful with auth_bind=yes).
#dn =
Password for LDAP server, if dn is specified.
#dnpass =
Use SASL binding instead of the simple binding. Note that this changes
ldap_version automatically to be 3 if it's lower. Also note that SASL binds
and auth_bind=yes don't work together.
#sasl_bind = no
SASL mechanism name to use.
#sasl_mech =
SASL realm to use.
#sasl_realm =
SASL authorization ID, ie. the dnpass is for this "master user", but the
dn is still the logged in user. Normally you want to keep this empty.
#sasl_authz_id =
Use TLS to connect to the LDAP server.
#tls = no
TLS options, currently supported only with OpenLDAP:
#tls_ca_cert_file = #tls_ca_cert_dir = #tls_cipher_suite =
TLS cert/key is used only if LDAP server requires a client certificate.
#tls_cert_file = #tls_key_file =
Valid values: never, hard, demand, allow, try
#tls_require_cert =
Use the given ldaprc path.
#ldaprc_path =
LDAP library debug level as specified by LDAP_DEBUG_* in ldap_log.h.
-1 = everything. You may need to recompile OpenLDAP with debugging enabled
to get enough output.
#debug_level = 0
Use authentication binding for verifying password's validity. This works by
logging into LDAP server using the username and password given by client.
The pass_filter is used to find the DN for the user. Note that the
pass_attrs
is still used, only the password field is ignored in it. Before doing any
search, the binding is switched back to the default DN.
#auth_bind = no
If authentication binding is used, you can save one LDAP request per login
if users' DN can be specified with a common template. The template can use
the standard %variables (see user_filter). Note that you can't
use any pass_attrs if you use this setting.
If you use this setting, it's a good idea to use a different
dovecot-ldap.conf.ext for userdb (it can even be a symlink, just as long as
the filename is different in userdb's args). That way one connection is used
only for LDAP binds and another connection is used for user lookups.
Otherwise the binding is changed to the default DN before each user lookup.
For example:
auth_bind_userdn = cn=%u,ou=people,o=org
#auth_bind_userdn =
LDAP protocol version to use. Likely 2 or 3.
#ldap_version = 3
LDAP base. %variables can be used here.
For example: dc=mail, dc=example, dc=org
base = dc=newtech,dc=fi
Dereference: never, searching, finding, always
#deref = never
Search scope: base, onelevel, subtree
#scope = subtree
User attributes are given in LDAP-name=dovecot-internal-name list. The
internal names are:
uid - System UID
gid - System GID
home - Home directory
mail - Mail location
There are also other special fields which can be returned, see
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/UserDatabase/ExtraFields
#user_attrs = homeDirectory=home,uidNumber=uid,gidNumber=gid user_attrs = homeDirectory=home,uidNumber=uid,gidNumber=gid
Filter for user lookup. Some variables can be used (see
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Variables for full list):
%u - username
%n - user part in user@domain, same as %u if there's no domain
%d - domain part in user@domain, empty if user there's no domain
user_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%u))
Password checking attributes:
user: Virtual user name (user@domain), if you wish to change the
user-given username to something else
password: Password, may optionally start with {type}, eg. {crypt}
There are also other special fields which can be returned, see
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase/ExtraFields
pass_attrs = uid=user,userPassword=password pass_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%u))
Attributes and filter to get a list of all users
iterate_attrs = uid=user iterate_filter = (objectClass=posixAccount)
Default password scheme. "{scheme}" before password overrides this.
List of supported schemes is in: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Authentication
#default_pass_scheme = SHA
If you wish to avoid two LDAP lookups (passdb + userdb), you can use
userdb prefetch instead of userdb ldap in dovecot.conf. In that case you'll
also have to include user_attrs in pass_attrs field prefixed with "userdb_"
string. For example:
#pass_attrs = uid=user,userPassword=password,\
homeDirectory=userdb_home,uidNumber=userdb_uid,gidNumber=userdb_gid
Filter for password lookups
This file is opened as root, so it should be owned by root and mode 0600.
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/LDAP
NOTE: If you're not using authentication binds, you'll need to give
dovecot-auth read access to userPassword field in the LDAP server.
With OpenLDAP this is done by modifying /etc/ldap/slapd.conf. There should
already be something like this:
access to attribute=userPassword
by dn="<dovecot's dn>" read # add this
by anonymous auth
by self write
by * none
Space separated list of LDAP hosts to use. host:port is allowed too.
hosts = ns.newtech.fi ns2.newtech.fi
LDAP URIs to use. You can use this instead of hosts list. Note that this
setting isn't supported by all LDAP libraries.
#uris =
Distinguished Name - the username used to login to the LDAP server.
Leave it commented out to bind anonymously (useful with auth_bind=yes).
#dn =
Password for LDAP server, if dn is specified.
#dnpass =
Use SASL binding instead of the simple binding. Note that this changes
ldap_version automatically to be 3 if it's lower. Also note that SASL binds
and auth_bind=yes don't work together.
#sasl_bind = no
SASL mechanism name to use.
#sasl_mech =
SASL realm to use.
#sasl_realm =
SASL authorization ID, ie. the dnpass is for this "master user", but the
dn is still the logged in user. Normally you want to keep this empty.
#sasl_authz_id =
Use TLS to connect to the LDAP server.
#tls = no
TLS options, currently supported only with OpenLDAP:
#tls_ca_cert_file = #tls_ca_cert_dir = #tls_cipher_suite =
TLS cert/key is used only if LDAP server requires a client certificate.
#tls_cert_file = #tls_key_file =
Valid values: never, hard, demand, allow, try
#tls_require_cert =
Use the given ldaprc path.
#ldaprc_path =
LDAP library debug level as specified by LDAP_DEBUG_* in ldap_log.h.
-1 = everything. You may need to recompile OpenLDAP with debugging enabled
to get enough output.
#debug_level = 0
Use authentication binding for verifying password's validity. This works by
logging into LDAP server using the username and password given by client.
The pass_filter is used to find the DN for the user. Note that the
pass_attrs
is still used, only the password field is ignored in it. Before doing any
search, the binding is switched back to the default DN.
#auth_bind = no
If authentication binding is used, you can save one LDAP request per login
if users' DN can be specified with a common template. The template can use
the standard %variables (see user_filter). Note that you can't
use any pass_attrs if you use this setting.
If you use this setting, it's a good idea to use a different
dovecot-ldap.conf.ext for userdb (it can even be a symlink, just as long as
the filename is different in userdb's args). That way one connection is used
only for LDAP binds and another connection is used for user lookups.
Otherwise the binding is changed to the default DN before each user lookup.
For example:
auth_bind_userdn = cn=%u,ou=people,o=org
#auth_bind_userdn =
LDAP protocol version to use. Likely 2 or 3.
#ldap_version = 3
LDAP base. %variables can be used here.
For example: dc=mail, dc=example, dc=org
base = dc=newtech,dc=fi
Dereference: never, searching, finding, always
#deref = never
Search scope: base, onelevel, subtree
#scope = subtree
User attributes are given in LDAP-name=dovecot-internal-name list. The
internal names are:
uid - System UID
gid - System GID
home - Home directory
mail - Mail location
There are also other special fields which can be returned, see
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/UserDatabase/ExtraFields
#user_attrs = homeDirectory=home,uidNumber=uid,gidNumber=gid user_attrs = homeDirectory=home,uidNumber=uid,gidNumber=gid
Filter for user lookup. Some variables can be used (see
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Variables for full list):
%u - username
%n - user part in user@domain, same as %u if there's no domain
%d - domain part in user@domain, empty if user there's no domain
user_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%u))
Password checking attributes:
user: Virtual user name (user@domain), if you wish to change the
user-given username to something else
password: Password, may optionally start with {type}, eg. {crypt}
There are also other special fields which can be returned, see
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase/ExtraFields
pass_attrs = uid=user,userPassword=password pass_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%u))
Attributes and filter to get a list of all users
iterate_attrs = uid=user iterate_filter = (objectClass=posixAccount)
Default password scheme. "{scheme}" before password overrides this.
List of supported schemes is in: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Authentication
#default_pass_scheme = SHA
If you wish to avoid two LDAP lookups (passdb + userdb), you can use
userdb prefetch instead of userdb ldap in dovecot.conf. In that case you'll
also have to include user_attrs in pass_attrs field prefixed with "userdb_"
string. For example:
#pass_attrs = uid=user,userPassword=password,\
homeDirectory=userdb_home,uidNumber=userdb_uid,gidNumber=userdb_gid
Filter for password lookups
This file is opened as root, so it should be owned by root and mode 0600.
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/LDAP
NOTE: If you're not using authentication binds, you'll need to give
dovecot-auth read access to userPassword field in the LDAP server.
With OpenLDAP this is done by modifying /etc/ldap/slapd.conf. There should
already be something like this:
access to attribute=userPassword
by dn="<dovecot's dn>" read # add this
by anonymous auth
by self write
by * none
Space separated list of LDAP hosts to use. host:port is allowed too.
hosts = ns.newtech.fi ns2.newtech.fi
LDAP URIs to use. You can use this instead of hosts list. Note that this
setting isn't supported by all LDAP libraries.
#uris =
Distinguished Name - the username used to login to the LDAP server.
Leave it commented out to bind anonymously (useful with auth_bind=yes).
#dn =
Password for LDAP server, if dn is specified.
#dnpass =
Use SASL binding instead of the simple binding. Note that this changes
ldap_version automatically to be 3 if it's lower. Also note that SASL binds
and auth_bind=yes don't work together.
#sasl_bind = no
SASL mechanism name to use.
#sasl_mech =
SASL realm to use.
#sasl_realm =
SASL authorization ID, ie. the dnpass is for this "master user", but the
dn is still the logged in user. Normally you want to keep this empty.
#sasl_authz_id =
Use TLS to connect to the LDAP server.
#tls = no
TLS options, currently supported only with OpenLDAP:
#tls_ca_cert_file = #tls_ca_cert_dir = #tls_cipher_suite =
TLS cert/key is used only if LDAP server requires a client certificate.
#tls_cert_file = #tls_key_file =
Valid values: never, hard, demand, allow, try
#tls_require_cert =
Use the given ldaprc path.
#ldaprc_path =
LDAP library debug level as specified by LDAP_DEBUG_* in ldap_log.h.
-1 = everything. You may need to recompile OpenLDAP with debugging enabled
to get enough output.
#debug_level = 0
Use authentication binding for verifying password's validity. This works by
logging into LDAP server using the username and password given by client.
The pass_filter is used to find the DN for the user. Note that the
pass_attrs
is still used, only the password field is ignored in it. Before doing any
search, the binding is switched back to the default DN.
#auth_bind = no
If authentication binding is used, you can save one LDAP request per login
if users' DN can be specified with a common template. The template can use
the standard %variables (see user_filter). Note that you can't
use any pass_attrs if you use this setting.
If you use this setting, it's a good idea to use a different
dovecot-ldap.conf.ext for userdb (it can even be a symlink, just as long as
the filename is different in userdb's args). That way one connection is used
only for LDAP binds and another connection is used for user lookups.
Otherwise the binding is changed to the default DN before each user lookup.
For example:
auth_bind_userdn = cn=%u,ou=people,o=org
#auth_bind_userdn =
LDAP protocol version to use. Likely 2 or 3.
#ldap_version = 3
LDAP base. %variables can be used here.
For example: dc=mail, dc=example, dc=org
base = dc=newtech,dc=fi
Dereference: never, searching, finding, always
#deref = never
Search scope: base, onelevel, subtree
#scope = subtree
User attributes are given in LDAP-name=dovecot-internal-name list. The
internal names are:
uid - System UID
gid - System GID
home - Home directory
mail - Mail location
There are also other special fields which can be returned, see
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/UserDatabase/ExtraFields
#user_attrs = homeDirectory=home,uidNumber=uid,gidNumber=gid user_attrs = homeDirectory=home,uidNumber=uid,gidNumber=gid
Filter for user lookup. Some variables can be used (see
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Variables for full list):
%u - username
%n - user part in user@domain, same as %u if there's no domain
%d - domain part in user@domain, empty if user there's no domain
user_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%u))
Password checking attributes:
user: Virtual user name (user@domain), if you wish to change the
user-given username to something else
password: Password, may optionally start with {type}, eg. {crypt}
There are also other special fields which can be returned, see
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase/ExtraFields
pass_attrs = uid=user,userPassword=password pass_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%u))
Attributes and filter to get a list of all users
iterate_attrs = uid=user iterate_filter = (objectClass=posixAccount)
Default password scheme. "{scheme}" before password overrides this.
List of supported schemes is in: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Authentication
#default_pass_scheme = SHA
If you wish to avoid two LDAP lookups (passdb + userdb), you can use
userdb prefetch instead of userdb ldap in dovecot.conf. In that case you'll
also have to include user_attrs in pass_attrs field prefixed with "userdb_"
string. For example:
#pass_attrs = uid=user,userPassword=password,\
homeDirectory=userdb_home,uidNumber=userdb_uid,gidNumber=userdb_gid
Filter for password lookups
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