I'm just setting up a fresh install of Dovecot on a clean new CentOS6.3 server.
I followed the documentation
here, pretty damn closely.
When I issue the command "mutt -f imap://peter@localhost" from the same machine, I get the following:
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Aug 7 11:50:18 BookkeeperNo1 dovecot: auth: Error: passwd-file /etc/dovecot/users: open(/etc/dovecot/users) failed: Permission denied (euid=97(dovecot) egid=97(dovecot) missing +r perm: /etc/dovecot/users, euid is not dir owner)
Aug 7 11:50:18 BookkeeperNo1 dovecot: master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling
Aug 7 11:50:18 BookkeeperNo1 dovecot: log: Error: service(auth): child 1890 returned error 89 (Fatal failure)
ls -la /etc/dovecot
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drwxrwxrwx. 3 dovecot dovecot 4.0K Aug 6 21:12 .
drwxr-xr-x. 68 root root 4.0K Aug 7 10:26 ..
drwxrwxrwx. 2 dovecot dovecot 4.0K Aug 7 11:43 conf.d
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 dovecot dovecot 3.5K Aug 6 21:12 dovecot.conf
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 dovecot dovecot 43 Aug 6 21:04 users
The permissions were originally more restrictive, but I relaxed them for diagnostic purposes, but it hasn't helped.
Output of "dovecot -n"
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# OS: Linux 2.6.32-279.2.1.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.3 (Final) ext4
disable_plaintext_auth = no
last_valid_gid = 1000
listen = *
mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%n/Maildir
passdb {
args = scheme=PLAIN username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users
driver = passwd-file
}
ssl = no
userdb {
args = username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users
driver = passwd-file
}
verbose_proctitle = yes
Output of "cat /etc/passwd | grep peter"
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peter:x:500:500::/home/peter:/bin/bash
Output of "cat /etc/passwd | grep dove"
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dovecot:x:97:97:Dovecot IMAP server:/usr/libexec/dovecot:/sbin/nologin
dovenull:x:498:497:Dovecot's unauthorized user:/usr/libexec/dovecot:/sbin/nologin
Output of "cat /etc/group | grep 500"
Output of "cat /etc/group | grep 97"
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dovecot:x:97:
dovenull:x:497:
Contents of "/etc/dovecot/users"
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peter:{PLAIN}testpass:500:500::/home/peter
Output of "telnet 127.0.0.1 143"
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Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to 127.0.0.1.
Escape character is '^]'.
* OK Waiting for authentication process to respond..
* BYE Disconnected for inactivity.
Connection closed by foreign host.
When I restart Dovecot, this is the /var/log/maillog entry:
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Aug 7 12:06:58 BookkeeperNo1 dovecot: master: Warning: Killed with signal 15 (by pid=1942 uid=0 code=kill)
Aug 7 12:06:59 BookkeeperNo1 dovecot: master: Dovecot v2.0.9 starting up (core dumps disabled)
When I do the above telnet command, this is the /var/log/maillog entry:
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Aug 7 12:08:56 BookkeeperNo1 dovecot: auth: Error: passwd-file /etc/dovecot/users: open(/etc/dovecot/users) failed: Permission denied (euid=97(dovecot) egid=97(dovecot) missing +r perm: /etc/dovecot/users, euid is not dir owner)
Aug 7 12:08:56 BookkeeperNo1 dovecot: master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling
Aug 7 12:08:56 BookkeeperNo1 dovecot: log: Error: service(auth): child 1959 returned error 89 (Fatal failure)
Aug 7 12:09:31 BookkeeperNo1 dovecot: imap-login: Error: Timeout waiting for handshake from auth server. my pid=1958, input bytes=0
Aug 7 12:09:56 BookkeeperNo1 dovecot: auth: Error: passwd-file /etc/dovecot/users: open(/etc/dovecot/users) failed: Permission denied (euid=97(dovecot) egid=97(dovecot) missing +r perm: /etc/dovecot/users, euid is not dir owner)
Aug 7 12:09:56 BookkeeperNo1 dovecot: master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling
Aug 7 12:09:56 BookkeeperNo1 dovecot: log: Error: service(auth): child 1960 returned error 89 (Fatal failure)
Aug 7 12:10:26 BookkeeperNo1 dovecot: imap-login: Error: Timeout waiting for handshake from auth server. my pid=1958, input bytes=0
Aug 7 12:10:56 BookkeeperNo1 dovecot: imap-login: Error: Timeout waiting for handshake from auth server. my pid=1958, input bytes=0
Aug 7 12:10:56 BookkeeperNo1 dovecot: auth: Error: passwd-file /etc/dovecot/users: open(/etc/dovecot/users) failed: Permission denied (euid=97(dovecot) egid=97(dovecot) missing +r perm: /etc/dovecot/users, euid is not dir owner)
Aug 7 12:10:56 BookkeeperNo1 dovecot: master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling
Aug 7 12:10:56 BookkeeperNo1 dovecot: log: Error: service(auth): child 1961 returned error 89 (Fatal failure)
Aug 7 12:11:31 BookkeeperNo1 dovecot: imap-login: Error: Timeout waiting for handshake from auth server. my pid=1958, input bytes=0
Aug 7 12:11:56 BookkeeperNo1 dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: Inactivity (no auth attempts): rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured
Aug 7 12:11:56 BookkeeperNo1 dovecot: auth: Error: passwd-file /etc/dovecot/users: open(/etc/dovecot/users) failed: Permission denied (euid=97(dovecot) egid=97(dovecot) missing +r perm: /etc/dovecot/users, euid is not dir owner)
Aug 7 12:11:56 BookkeeperNo1 dovecot: master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling
Aug 7 12:11:56 BookkeeperNo1 dovecot: log: Error: service(auth): child 1962 returned error 89 (Fatal failure)
The above is only from that one telnet command, which takes a few minutes to fail completely.
I'm about out of ideas on this. I've been trying to set-up Dovecot now since Saturday, so any help would be very much appreciated.
Kindest regards,
Peter
