Below is my configuration
# 2.0.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 3.0.0-17-server x86_64 Ubuntu 11.10
auth_mechanisms = plain login
mail_location = maildir:/nfs/users/%u/Maildir
passdb {
args = scheme=CRYPT username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users
driver = passwd-file
}
protocols = " imap pop3"
service auth {
unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
group = postfix
mode = 0660
user = postfix
}
}
service imap-login {
inet_listener imap {
port = 143
}
inet_listener imaps {
port = 993
ssl = yes
}
}
ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/mail.prisaltd.local.crt
ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/prisa.key
userdb {
args = username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users
driver = passwd-file
}
protocol imap {
imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep
imap_logout_format = bytes=%i/%o
mail_plugins =
}
/etc/pam.d/common-password
# here are the per-package modules (the "Primary" block)
password [success=1 default=ignore] pam_unix.so obscure sha512 nis
# here's the fallback if no module succeeds
password requisite pam_deny.so
# prime the stack with a positive return value if there isn't one already;
# this avoids us returning an error just because nothing sets a success code
# since the modules above will each just jump around
password required pam_permit.so
# and here are more per-package modules (the "Additional" block)
password optional pam_ecryptfs.so
# end of pam-auth-update config
dovecot logs
May 26 13:14:39 prisa-appserver ntpdate[574]: Can't find host ntp.ubuntu.com: Name or service not known (-2)
May 26 13:14:39 prisa-appserver ntpdate[574]: no servers can be used, exiting
May 26 13:14:48 prisa-appserver sudo: pam_ecryptfs: pam_sm_authenticate: /home/prisa is already mounted
May 26 13:14:50 prisa-appserver kernel: [ 90.418686] CIFS: Unknown mount option -
May 26 13:14:50 prisa-appserver kernel: [ 90.472004] CIFS VFS: default security mechanism requested. The default security mechanism will be upgraded from ntlm to ntlmv2 in kernel release 3.1
May 26 13:15:44 prisa-appserver ntpdate[1571]: Can't find host ntp.ubuntu.com: Name or service not known (-2)
May 26 13:15:44 prisa-appserver ntpdate[1571]: no servers can be used, exiting
May 26 13:17:01 prisa-appserver CRON[1678]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
May 26 13:39:01 prisa-appserver CRON[1775]: (root) CMD ( [ -x /usr/lib/php5/maxlifetime ] && [ -d /var/lib/php5 ] && find /var/lib/php5/ -depth -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type f -cmin +$(/usr/lib/php5/maxlifetime) ! -execdir fuser -s {} 2>/dev/null \; -delete)
May 26 13:46:08 prisa-appserver dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 3 attempts): user=<prisa>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.128.14, lip=192.168.128.15, TLS
May 26 13:46:59 prisa-appserver dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (no auth attempts): rip=192.168.128.14, lip=192.168.128.15
May 26 13:46:59 prisa-appserver dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (no auth attempts): rip=192.168.128.14, lip=192.168.128.15
May 26 13:46:59 prisa-appserver dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (no auth attempts): rip=192.168.128.14, lip=192.168.128.15, TLS handshaking: SSL_accept() failed: error:14094418:SSL routines:SSL3_READ_BYTES:tlsv1 alert unknown ca: SSL alert number 48
May 26 13:46:59 prisa-appserver dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (no auth attempts): rip=192.168.128.14, lip=192.168.128.15
May 26 13:46:59 prisa-appserver dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (no auth attempts): rip=192.168.128.14, lip=192.168.128.15
May 26 13:46:59 prisa-appserver dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (no auth attempts): rip=192.168.128.14, lip=192.168.128.15, TLS handshaking: SSL_accept() failed: error:14094418:SSL routines:SSL3_READ_BYTES:tlsv1 alert unknown ca: SSL alert number 48
May 26 13:46:59 prisa-appserver dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (no auth attempts): rip=192.168.128.14, lip=192.168.128.15, TLS
May 26 13:46:59 prisa-appserver dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (no auth attempts): rip=192.168.128.14, lip=192.168.128.15, TLS
May 26 13:47:04 prisa-appserver postfix/smtpd[1820]: connect from unknown[192.168.128.14]
May 26 13:47:04 prisa-appserver postfix/smtpd[1820]: improper command pipelining after EHLO from unknown[192.168.128.14]
May 26 13:47:04 prisa-appserver postfix/smtpd[1820]: disconnect from unknown[192.168.128.14]
May 26 13:47:04 prisa-appserver postfix/smtpd[1830]: connect from unknown[192.168.128.14]
May 26 13:47:04 prisa-appserver postfix/smtpd[1830]: lost connection after CONNECT from unknown[192.168.128.14]
May 26 13:47:04 prisa-appserver postfix/smtpd[1830]: disconnect from unknown[192.168.128.14]
May 26 13:47:22 prisa-appserver dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 3 attempts): user=<femmy>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.128.14, lip=192.168.128.15, TLS
May 26 13:47:48 prisa-appserver dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 3 attempts): user=<femmy@mail.prisaltd.local>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.128.14, lip=192.168.128.15, TLS
May 26 13:48:15 prisa-appserver dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 3 attempts): user=<femmy>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.128.14, lip=192.168.128.15, TLS
May 26 13:48:21 prisa-appserver dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 3 attempts): user=<femmy@mail.prisaltd.local>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.128.14, lip=192.168.128.15, TLS
Please what am I doing wrong? I've been on this for 2 weeks.
Thanks