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I have also set

unix_listener auth-client {
mode = 0660
user = mail
}

in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf

I don't understand why dovecot_login authenticator fails though I have given the right username and password to my mail client.
Please help me debug the issue. can i make the error: Incorrect authentication data, more verbose?

... Necktwi

On 29-Apr-2019, at 12:07 AM, necktwi <necktwi@icloud.com> wrote:
>
> I have added the dovecot_plain and dovecot_login config sections in exim.conf as mentioned at https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20160510.131600.8a2b3a46.en.html#exim-users
>
> but while i try to connect to the smtp server from the mail client from macOS, I get the error:
> dovecot_login authenticator failed for (User) [45.125.66.123]: 535 Incorrect authentication data
>
> I was able to connect to dovecot but unable to connect to exim.
>
> $ dovecot --version
> 2.3.5 (513208660)
>
> $ exim --version
> Exim version 4.92 #3 built 22-Apr-2019 22:42:30
>
> $ uname
> Linux
>
> Thank you
>
> … Necktwi
>


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On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 10:37 PM necktwi via Exim-users <exim-users@exim.org>
wrote:

> I have also set
>
> unix_listener auth-client {
> mode = 0660
> user = mail
> }
>
> in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf
>
> I don't understand why dovecot_login authenticator fails though I have
> given the right username and password to my mail client.
> Please help me debug the issue. can i make the error: Incorrect
> authentication data, more verbose?


Exim does not have information about the Dovecot internals, so this is
really a question for Dovecot users.

However, I happen to know that at least with Debian's packaging, Dovecot by
default logs to a combination of /var/log/mail.info, mail.err, mail.warn,
and mail.log, depending on your configuration of
/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-logging.conf

So check the settings there, and consider enabling e.g. auth_debug = yes
and auth_verbose = yes, and ask any questions regarding Dovecot auth
debugging on the relevant Dovecot mailing list.

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After a fresh install of exim and dovecot on a new Gentoo system I configured just like before but now I’m having same error
dovecot_login authenticator failed for (<client_machin_name>) [45.125.66.123]: 535 Incorrect authentication data (set_id=<User>)

—
Gowtham

> On 18-May-2019, at 5:50 PM, necktwi <necktwi@icloud.com> wrote:
>
> I solved it with
>
> unix_listener auth-client {
> path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client
> mode = 0660
> user = mail
> group = mail
> }
>
> in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf
>
> ... Necktwi
>
>> On 06-May-2019, at 6:19 PM, Jan Ingvoldstad via Exim-users <exim-users@exim.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 10:37 PM necktwi via Exim-users <exim-users@exim.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I have also set
>>>
>>> unix_listener auth-client {
>>> mode = 0660
>>> user = mail
>>> }
>>>
>>> in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf
>>>
>>> I don't understand why dovecot_login authenticator fails though I have
>>> given the right username and password to my mail client.
>>> Please help me debug the issue. can i make the error: Incorrect
>>> authentication data, more verbose?
>>
>>
>> Exim does not have information about the Dovecot internals, so this is
>> really a question for Dovecot users.
>>
>> However, I happen to know that at least with Debian's packaging, Dovecot by
>> default logs to a combination of /var/log/mail.info, mail.err, mail.warn,
>> and mail.log, depending on your configuration of
>> /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-logging.conf
>>
>> So check the settings there, and consider enabling e.g. auth_debug = yes
>> and auth_verbose = yes, and ask any questions regarding Dovecot auth
>> debugging on the relevant Dovecot mailing list.
>>
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On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 5:42 PM Gowtham Kudupudi via Exim-users <
exim-users@exim.org> wrote:

> After a fresh install of exim and dovecot on a new Gentoo system I
> configured just like before but now I’m having same error
> dovecot_login authenticator failed for (<client_machin_name>)
> [45.125.66.123]: 535 Incorrect authentication data (set_id=<User>)
>

Look for the cause on the dovecot end by bumping up the logging levels.


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Thanks, I’m missing /etc/pam.d/smtp.

> On 02-Feb-2022, at 8:16 PM, Odhiambo Washington via Exim-users <exim-users@exim.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 5:42 PM Gowtham Kudupudi via Exim-users <
> exim-users@exim.org> wrote:
>
>> After a fresh install of exim and dovecot on a new Gentoo system I
>> configured just like before but now I’m having same error
>> dovecot_login authenticator failed for (<client_machin_name>)
>> [45.125.66.123]: 535 Incorrect authentication data (set_id=<User>)
>>
>
> Look for the cause on the dovecot end by bumping up the logging levels.
>
>
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> Nairobi,KE
> +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223
> "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' :-)
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