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AMA 01-04-2013 01:05 PM
[Postfix+Dovecot+MySQL+SASL/TLS] lost connection after AUTH from localhost[127.0.0.1]
 
Hello!

I'm trying to set up a personal mail server on my Debian machine. I followed this tutorial http://www.exratione.com/2012/05/a-m...dovecot-mysql/ , but one thing is not working right now : SMTP AUTH.

Here's what I tried (replaced here the true server name by *servername*, in bold is what I typed):
Code:
openssl s_client -connect localhost:465
/* SSL certificates and handshakes */
220 *servername* ESMTP Postfix (Debian/GNU)
ehlo localhost
250-*servername*
250-PIPELINING
250-SIZE 10240000
250-ETRN
250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN
250-AUTH=PLAIN LOGIN
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-8BITMIME
250 DSN
auth login
334 VXNlcm5hbWU6
*my username encrypyed using perl -MMIME::Base64 -e 'print encode_base64("username");'*
334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6
*my password encrypyed using perl -MMIME::Base64 -e 'print encode_base64("password");'*
DONE
And the openssl session closes. When I go and look at /var/log/mail.log, I see
Code:
Jan  4 19:38:53 servername postfix/smtps/smtpd[14002]: connect from localhost[127.0.0.1]
Jan  4 19:38:53 servername postfix/smtps/smtpd[14002]: Anonymous TLS connection established from localhost[127.0.0.1]: TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)
Jan  4 19:39:35 servername postfix/smtps/smtpd[14002]: lost connection after AUTH from localhost[127.0.0.1]
Jan  4 19:39:35 servername postfix/smtps/smtpd[14002]: disconnect from localhost[127.0.0.1]
The username I tried is the username in the mailbox table in my mail mysql database. I also tried with my linux account username but I have the exact same error.

SMTP works normally without auth. With this code:
Code:
telnet localhost 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 servername ESMTP Postfix (Debian/GNU)
ehlo localhost
250-servername
250-PIPELINING
250-SIZE 10240000
250-ETRN
250-STARTTLS
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-8BITMIME
250 DSN
mail from:<adf@dasf.afd>
250 2.1.0 Ok
rcpt to:<test_account@gmail.com>
250 2.1.5 Ok
data
354 End data with <CR><LF>.<CR><LF>
dsfsadf
dafs
adsf
.
250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 218A821CFF
quit
221 2.0.0 Bye
Connection closed by foreign host.
my gmail test account does receive the mail.

Here are some config files:
/etc/postfix/main.cf (I've changed here $myhostname and $mydomain)
Code:
# See /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.dist for a commented, more complete version

# LOCAL PATHNAME INFORMATION
#queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix
#command_directory = /usr/sbin
#daemon_directory = /usr/lib/postfix

# QUEUE AND PROCESS OWNERSHIP
mail_owner = postfix

# INTERNET HOST AND DOMAIN NAMES
mydomain = example.com
myhostname = servername

# SENDING MAIL
# Debian specific:  Specifying a file name will cause the first
# line of that file to be used as the name.  The Debian default
# is /etc/mailname.
#myorigin = /etc/mailname
myorigin = $mydomain

# RECEIVING MAIL
mydestination = $myhostname, $myhostname.$mydomain, localhost.localdomain, , localhost
inet_interfaces = all
inet_protocols = ipv4

# TRUST AND RELAY CONTROL
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128

# INTERNET OR INTRANET
#relayhost = $mydomain
relayhost =

# ALIAS DATABASE
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases

# ADDRESS EXTENSIONS (e.g., user+foo)
recipient_delimiter = +

# DELIVERY TO MAILBOX
home_mailbox = Maildir/
#mailbox_command = /usr/bin/procmail
mailbox_size_limit = 0

# SHOW SOFTWARE VERSION OR NOT
smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU)

# PARALLEL DELIVERY TO THE SAME DESTINATION
local_destination_concurrency_limit = 2
initial_destination_concurrency = 10
default_destination_concurrency_limit = 40

# This specifies where the virtual mailbox folders will be located.
virtual_mailbox_base = /var/vmail
# This is for the mailbox location for each user. The domainaliases
# map allows us to make use of Postfix Admin's domain alias feature.
virtual_mailbox_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_mailbox_maps.cf, mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_mailbox_domainaliases_maps.cf
# and their user id
virtual_minimum_uid = 150
virtual_uid_maps = static:150
# and group id
virtual_gid_maps = static:8
# This is for aliases. The domainaliases map allows us to make
# use of Postfix Admin's domain alias feature.
virtual_alias_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_alias_maps.cf, mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_alias_domainaliases_maps.cf
# This is for domain lookups.
virtual_mailbox_domains = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_domains_maps.cf

# The first text sent to a connecting process.
smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU)
biff = no
# appending .domain is the MUA's job.
append_dot_mydomain = no
readme_directory = no


# Integration with other packages
# Tell postfix to hand off mail to the definition for dovecot in master.cf
virtual_transport = dovecot
dovecot_destination_recipient_limit = 1
# Use amavis for virus and spam scanning
#content_filter = amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024
 
# Header manipulation
# Getting rid of unwanted headers. See: https://posluns.com/guides/header-removal/
header_checks = regexp:/etc/postfix/header_checks
# getting rid of x-original-to
enable_original_recipient = no

# SASL parameters
# Use Dovecot to authenticate.
smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot
# Referring to /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth
smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes
smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
smtpd_sasl_local_domain = $mydomain
smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = yes

# TLS parameters
# Replace this with your SSL certificate path if you are using one.
smtpd_tls_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/servername.pem
smtpd_tls_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/servername.key
# The snakeoil self-signed certificate has no need for a CA file. But
# if you are using your own SSL certificate, then you probably have
# a CA certificate bundle from your provider. The path to that goes
# here.
#smtpd_tls_CAfile=/path/to/ca/file
smtpd_use_tls = yes
smtpd_tls_auth_only = yes
smtp_tls_security_level = may
smtpd_tls_security_level = may
smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes
smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1
smtpd_tls_received_header = yes
smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s
tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom
#smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache
#smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache

# See /usr/share/doc/postfix/TLS_README.gz in the postfix-doc package for
# information on enabling SSL in the smtp client.

# SMTPD parameters
# Uncomment the next line to generate "delayed mail" warnings
#delay_warning_time = 4h
# will it be a permanent error or temporary
unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 450
# how long to keep message on queue before return as failed.
# some have 3 days, I have 16 days as I am backup server for some people
# whom go on holiday with their server switched off.
maximal_queue_lifetime = 7d
# max and min time in seconds between retries if connection failed
minimal_backoff_time = 1000s
maximal_backoff_time = 8000s
# how long to wait when servers connect before receiving rest of data
smtp_helo_timeout = 60s
# how many address can be used in one message.
# effective stopper to mass spammers, accidental copy in whole address list
# but may restrict intentional mail shots.
smtpd_recipient_limit = 16
# how many error before back off.
smtpd_soft_error_limit = 3
# how many max errors before blocking it.
smtpd_hard_error_limit = 12

# This next set are important for determining who can send mail and relay mail
# to other servers. It is very important to get this right - accidentally producing
# an open relay that allows unauthenticated sending of mail is a Very Bad Thing.
#
# You are encouraged to read up on what exactly each of these options accomplish.
# Requirements for the HELO statement
smtpd_helo_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, warn_if_reject reject_non_fqdn_hostname, reject_invalid_hostname, permit
# Requirements for the sender details
smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, permit_mynetworks, warn_if_reject reject_non_fqdn_sender, reject_unknown_sender_domain, reject_unauth_pipelining, permit
# Requirements for the connecting server
smtpd_client_restrictions = reject_rbl_client sbl.spamhaus.org, reject_rbl_client blackholes.easynet.nl, reject_rbl_client dnsbl.njabl.org
# Requirement for the recipient address. Note that the entry for
# "check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:10023" enables Postgrey.
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = reject_unauth_pipelining, permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_non_fqdn_recipient, reject_unknown_recipient_domain, reject_unauth_destination, check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:10023, permit
smtpd_data_restrictions = reject_unauth_pipelining

# require proper helo at connections
smtpd_helo_required = yes
# waste spammers time before rejecting them
smtpd_delay_reject = yes
disable_vrfy_command = yes
/etc/postfix/master.cf
Code:
#
# Postfix master process configuration file.  For details on the format
# of the file, see the master(5) manual page (command: "man 5 master").
#
# Do not forget to execute "postfix reload" after editing this file.
#
# ==========================================================================
# service type  private unpriv  chroot  wakeup  maxproc command + args
#              (yes)  (yes)  (yes)  (never) (100)
# ==========================================================================
smtp      inet  n      -      -      -      -      smtpd
#smtp      inet  n      -      -      -      1      postscreen
#smtpd    pass  -      -      -      -      -      smtpd
#dnsblog  unix  -      -      -      -      0      dnsblog
#tlsproxy  unix  -      -      -      -      0      tlsproxy
#submission inet n      -      -      -      -      smtpd
#  -o syslog_name=postfix/submission
#  -o smtpd_tls_security_level=encrypt
#  -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes
#  -o smtpd_client_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject
#  -o milter_macro_daemon_name=ORIGINATING
smtps    inet  n      -      -      -      -      smtpd
  -o syslog_name=postfix/smtps
  -o smtpd_tls_wrappermode=yes
  -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes
  -o smtpd_tls_auth_only=yes
  -o smtpd_client_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject_unauth_destination,reject
  -o smtpd_sasl_security_options=noanonymous,noplaintext
  -o smtpd_sasl_tls_security_options=noanonymous
#  -o milter_macro_daemon_name=ORIGINATING
#628      inet  n      -      -      -      -      qmqpd
pickup    fifo  n      -      -      60      1      pickup
  -o content_filter=
  -o receive_override_options=no_header_body_checks
cleanup  unix  n      -      -      -      0      cleanup
qmgr      fifo  n      -      n      300    1      qmgr
#qmgr    fifo  n      -      n      300    1      oqmgr
tlsmgr    unix  -      -      -      1000?  1      tlsmgr
rewrite  unix  -      -      -      -      -      trivial-rewrite
bounce    unix  -      -      -      -      0      bounce
defer    unix  -      -      -      -      0      bounce
trace    unix  -      -      -      -      0      bounce
verify    unix  -      -      -      -      1      verify
flush    unix  n      -      -      1000?  0      flush
proxymap  unix  -      -      n      -      -      proxymap
proxywrite unix -      -      n      -      1      proxymap
smtp      unix  -      -      -      -      -      smtp
relay    unix  -      -      -      -      -      smtp
#      -o smtp_helo_timeout=5 -o smtp_connect_timeout=5
showq    unix  n      -      -      -      -      showq
error    unix  -      -      -      -      -      error
retry    unix  -      -      -      -      -      error
discard  unix  -      -      -      -      -      discard
local    unix  -      n      n      -      -      local
virtual  unix  -      n      n      -      -      virtual
lmtp      unix  -      -      -      -      -      lmtp
anvil    unix  -      -      -      -      1      anvil
scache    unix  -      -      -      -      1      scache
#
# ====================================================================
# Interfaces to non-Postfix software. Be sure to examine the manual
# pages of the non-Postfix software to find out what options it wants.
#
# Many of the following services use the Postfix pipe(8) delivery
# agent.  See the pipe(8) man page for information about ${recipient}
# and other message envelope options.
# ====================================================================
#
# maildrop. See the Postfix MAILDROP_README file for details.
# Also specify in main.cf: maildrop_destination_recipient_limit=1
#
maildrop  unix  -      n      n      -      -      pipe
  flags=DRhu user=vmail argv=/usr/bin/maildrop -d ${recipient}
#
# ====================================================================
#
# Recent Cyrus versions can use the existing "lmtp" master.cf entry.
#
# Specify in cyrus.conf:
#  lmtp    cmd="lmtpd -a" listen="localhost:lmtp" proto=tcp4
#
# Specify in main.cf one or more of the following:
#  mailbox_transport = lmtp:inet:localhost
#  virtual_transport = lmtp:inet:localhost
#
# ====================================================================
#
# Cyrus 2.1.5 (Amos Gouaux)
# Also specify in main.cf: cyrus_destination_recipient_limit=1
#
#cyrus    unix  -      n      n      -      -      pipe
#  user=cyrus argv=/cyrus/bin/deliver -e -r ${sender} -m ${extension} ${user}
#
# ====================================================================
# Old example of delivery via Cyrus.
#
#old-cyrus unix  -      n      n      -      -      pipe
#  flags=R user=cyrus argv=/cyrus/bin/deliver -e -m ${extension} ${user}
#
# ====================================================================
#
# See the Postfix UUCP_README file for configuration details.
#
uucp      unix  -      n      n      -      -      pipe
  flags=Fqhu user=uucp argv=uux -r -n -z -a$sender - $nexthop!rmail ($recipient)
#
# Other external delivery methods.
#
ifmail    unix  -      n      n      -      -      pipe
  flags=F user=ftn argv=/usr/lib/ifmail/ifmail -r $nexthop ($recipient)
bsmtp    unix  -      n      n      -      -      pipe
  flags=Fq. user=bsmtp argv=/usr/lib/bsmtp/bsmtp -t$nexthop -f$sender $recipient
scalemail-backend unix  -      n      n      -      2      pipe
  flags=R user=scalemail argv=/usr/lib/scalemail/bin/scalemail-store ${nexthop} ${user} ${extension}
mailman  unix  -      n      n      -      -      pipe
  flags=FR user=list argv=/usr/lib/mailman/bin/postfix-to-mailman.py
  ${nexthop} ${user}
 
#
# The next two entries integrate with Amavis for anti-virus/spam checks.
#
amavis      unix    -      -      -      -      2      smtp
        -o smtp_data_done_timeout=1200
        -o smtp_send_xforward_command=yes
        -o disable_dns_lookups=yes
        -o max_use=20
127.0.0.1:10025 inet    n      -      -      -      -      smtpd
        -o content_filter=
        -o local_recipient_maps=
        -o relay_recipient_maps=
        -o smtpd_restriction_classes=
        -o smtpd_delay_reject=no
        -o smtpd_client_restrictions=permit_mynetworks,reject
        -o smtpd_helo_restrictions=
        -o smtpd_sender_restrictions=
        -o smtpd_recipient_restrictions=permit_mynetworks,reject
        -o smtpd_data_restrictions=reject_unauth_pipelining
        -o smtpd_end_of_data_restrictions=
        -o mynetworks=127.0.0.0/8
        -o smtpd_error_sleep_time=0
        -o smtpd_soft_error_limit=1001
        -o smtpd_hard_error_limit=1000
        -o smtpd_client_connection_count_limit=0
        -o smtpd_client_connection_rate_limit=0
        -o receive_override_options=no_header_body_checks,no_unknown_recipient_checks
 
#
# Integration with Dovecot - hand mail over to it for local delivery, and
# run the process under the vmail user and mail group.
#
dovecot      unix  -        n      n      -      -  pipe
        flags=DRhu user=vmail:mail argv=/usr/lib/dovecot/dovecot-lda -d $(recipient)
I don't know which dovecot files are the most relevant (there are many config files in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/), so tell me which you need and I'll upload them!

Thanks in advance!

AMA 01-05-2013 06:53 PM
Hi! I've got news here!
I've tried to AUTH PLAIN, and it works!

Code:
220 servername ESMTP Postfix (Debian/GNU)
ehlo localhost
250-servername
250-PIPELINING
250-SIZE 10240000
250-ETRN
250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN
250-AUTH=PLAIN LOGIN
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-8BITMIME
250 DSN
auth plain *credentials in base64*
235 2.7.0 Authentication successful
So postfix and/or dovecot seems to be refusing auth logins, but i don't know where...

And by the way, in my dovecot's conf.d/10-auth.conf, it says auth_mechanisms = plain login
Code:
##
## Authentication processes
##

# Disable LOGIN command and all other plaintext authentications unless
# SSL/TLS is used (LOGINDISABLED capability). Note that if the remote IP
# matches the local IP (ie. you're connecting from the same computer), the
# connection is considered secure and plaintext authentication is allowed.
disable_plaintext_auth = yes

# Authentication cache size (e.g. 10M). 0 means it's disabled. Note that
# bsdauth, PAM and vpopmail require cache_key to be set for caching to be used.
#auth_cache_size = 0
# Time to live for cached data. After TTL expires the cached record is no
# longer used, *except* if the main database lookup returns internal failure.
# We also try to handle password changes automatically: If user's previous
# authentication was successful, but this one wasn't, the cache isn't used.
# For now this works only with plaintext authentication.
#auth_cache_ttl = 1 hour
# TTL for negative hits (user not found, password mismatch).
# 0 disables caching them completely.
#auth_cache_negative_ttl = 1 hour

# Space separated list of realms for SASL authentication mechanisms that need
# them. You can leave it empty if you don't want to support multiple realms.
# Many clients simply use the first one listed here, so keep the default realm
# first.
#auth_realms =

# Default realm/domain to use if none was specified. This is used for both
# SASL realms and appending @domain to username in plaintext logins.
#auth_default_realm =

# List of allowed characters in username. If the user-given username contains
# a character not listed in here, the login automatically fails. This is just
# an extra check to make sure user can't exploit any potential quote escaping
# vulnerabilities with SQL/LDAP databases. If you want to allow all characters,
# set this value to empty.
#auth_username_chars = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@

# Username character translations before it's looked up from databases. The
# value contains series of from -> to characters. For example "#@/@" means
# that '#' and '/' characters are translated to '@'.
#auth_username_translation =

# Username formatting before it's looked up from databases. You can use
# the standard variables here, eg. %Lu would lowercase the username, %n would
# drop away the domain if it was given, or "%n-AT-%d" would change the '@' into
# "-AT-". This translation is done after auth_username_translation changes.
#auth_username_format = %Lu

# If you want to allow master users to log in by specifying the master
# username within the normal username string (ie. not using SASL mechanism's
# support for it), you can specify the separator character here. The format
# is then <username><separator><master username>. UW-IMAP uses "*" as the
# separator, so that could be a good choice.
#auth_master_user_separator =

# Username to use for users logging in with ANONYMOUS SASL mechanism
#auth_anonymous_username = anonymous

# Maximum number of dovecot-auth worker processes. They're used to execute
# blocking passdb and userdb queries (eg. MySQL and PAM). They're
# automatically created and destroyed as needed.
#auth_worker_max_count = 30

# Host name to use in GSSAPI principal names. The default is to use the
# name returned by gethostname(). Use "$ALL" (with quotes) to allow all keytab
# entries.
#auth_gssapi_hostname =

# Kerberos keytab to use for the GSSAPI mechanism. Will use the system
# default (usually /etc/krb5.keytab) if not specified. You may need to change
# the auth service to run as root to be able to read this file.
#auth_krb5_keytab =

# Do NTLM and GSS-SPNEGO authentication using Samba's winbind daemon and
# ntlm_auth helper. <doc/wiki/Authentication/Mechanisms/Winbind.txt>
#auth_use_winbind = no

# Path for Samba's ntlm_auth helper binary.
#auth_winbind_helper_path = /usr/bin/ntlm_auth

# Time to delay before replying to failed authentications.
#auth_failure_delay = 2 secs

# Require a valid SSL client certificate or the authentication fails.
#auth_ssl_require_client_cert = no

# Take the username from client's SSL certificate, using
# X509_NAME_get_text_by_NID() which returns the subject's DN's
# CommonName.
#auth_ssl_username_from_cert = no

# Space separated list of wanted authentication mechanisms:
#  plain login digest-md5 cram-md5 ntlm rpa apop anonymous gssapi otp skey
#  gss-spnego
# NOTE: See also disable_plaintext_auth setting.
auth_mechanisms = plain login

##
## Password and user databases
##

#
# Password database is used to verify user's password (and nothing more).
# You can have multiple passdbs and userdbs. This is useful if you want to
# allow both system users (/etc/passwd) and virtual users to login without
# duplicating the system users into virtual database.
#
# <doc/wiki/PasswordDatabase.txt>
#
# User database specifies where mails are located and what user/group IDs
# own them. For single-UID configuration use "static" userdb.
#
# <doc/wiki/UserDatabase.txt>

#!include auth-deny.conf.ext
#!include auth-master.conf.ext

#!include auth-system.conf.ext
!include auth-sql.conf.ext
#!include auth-ldap.conf.ext
#!include auth-passwdfile.conf.ext
#!include auth-checkpassword.conf.ext
#!include auth-vpopmail.conf.ext
#!include auth-static.conf.ext
Please help me!

kanka 07-02-2013 02:34 PM
I've got the exact same problem after following the same tutorial - might be a coincidence, or it might be that there is something wrong in the configuration files.

Anyway, I'm curious to know whether you managed to solve this problem, and how you did it.

Edit: I solved it by removing the options sent to smtps in master.cf, and by getting new certificate/key from cacert.org following this post. And while I'm at it the last line of master.cf should read
Code:
flags=DRhu user=vmail:vmail argv=/usr/lib/dovecot/dovecot-lda -d $(recipient)


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