Testing Dovecot

Temporary authentication failure

Kenny Lee April 14, 2023 03:15

Hi Roberto

i tested dovecot but with error message as below:

telnet 127.0.0.1 110
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to 127.0.0.1.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK Dovecot ready.
user kenny@domain.com
+OK
pass test
-ERR [SYS/TEMP] Temporary authentication failure. [EmailServer:2023-04-14 03:04:01]

i checked my dovecot log file and found this:

Apr 14 11:42:46 auth-worker(9438): Error: mysql(localhost): Connect failed to database (vpopmail): Access denied for user 'vpopmail'@'localhost' (using password: NO) - waiting for 125 seconds before retry

i checked my database, i found vpopmail database and also vpopmail user... please help to advise which steps i have setup wrong.

Thank you

Regards,

Kenny

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Temporary authentication failure

Roberto Puzzanghera Kenny Lee April 14, 2023 04:38

Hi Kenny, it seems that the vpopmail@localhost user of mysql doesn't have the privileges to access the database. Double check the privileges setup in the vpopmail page.

Try also to reset the pwd.

To test if it is working from command line:

mysql -u vpopmail -p

Once you are connected to mysql try to use the vpopmail db:

use vpopmail;
show tables;

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Temporary authentication failure

Kenny Lee Roberto Puzzanghera April 14, 2023 06:07

hi Roberto, below is the output:

Server:/usr/local/src # mysql -u vpopmail -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 94
Server version: 10.6.10-MariaDB MariaDB package

Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

MariaDB [(none)]> use vpopmail;
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A

Database changed
MariaDB [vpopmail]> show tables;
+--------------------+
| Tables_in_vpopmail |
+--------------------+
| aliasdomains |
| dir_control |
| lastauth |
| limits |
| vlog |
| vpopmail |
+--------------------+
6 rows in set (0.001 sec)

MariaDB [vpopmail]>

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Temporary authentication failure

Roberto Puzzanghera Kenny Lee April 14, 2023 07:31

Which authentication driver are you using in dovecot? If using SQL, you may have a mistype of the password in the config file.. If using the vpopmail driver, please do the vpopmail test with telnet

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Temporary authentication failure

Kenny Lee Roberto Puzzanghera April 14, 2023 08:47

hi Roberto,

thx for the advise, yes the password i set wrong in the config, after i changed the password to correct one.. another error popup

telnet 127.0.0.1 110
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to 127.0.0.1.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK Dovecot ready.
user kenny@domain.com
+OK
pass test
-ERR [SYS/TEMP] Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information.
Connection closed by foreign host.

i checked the log file and found below:

Apr 14 17:14:10 pop3(kenny@domain.com): Error: Plugin 'quota' not found from directory /usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot

i checked this folder /usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot, didnt have a file called quota inside.

Please advise.

Thanks

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Temporary authentication failure

Roberto Puzzanghera Kenny Lee April 14, 2023 12:26

how are you compiling dovecot?

you can disable the quota plugin from 10-mail.conf for the time being

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unable to get local issuer certificate

Gabriel Torres June 20, 2019 00:42

If you get the infamous "unable to get local issuer certificate" error while testing the secure versions of POP and IMAP, try running the following instead:

openssl s_client -connect localhost:995 -CApath /etc/ssl/certs

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testing error

xia0sheng November 22, 2015 09:57

dear edior:

telnet localhost 110
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK Dovecot ready.
user wangyouyu@wangyouyu.com
+OK
pass 143youyu143
-ERR [SYS/TEMP] Temporary authentication failure. [iZ25orcjh1sZ:2015-11-22 09:51:45]

user wangyy@wangyouyu.com
+OK
pass mypassword
-ERR [SYS/TEMP] Temporary authentication failure. [iZ25orcjh1sZ:2015-11-22 09:49:35]

How can I do, Thanks very much

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I suggest to:

roberto puzzanghera xia0sheng November 22, 2015 10:19

I suggest to:

1. perform again the vpopmail test (look at "testing" page) 
2. enable dovecot auth debug
3. restart dovecot
4. look at dovecot log file

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This problem is resolve

xia0sheng roberto puzzanghera November 23, 2015 00:23

the problem is resolve

the error log is 

Password query failed: Table 'vpopmail.vpopmail' doesn't exist

i copy this table from other mail server and it is ok

i do not known why it is can not auto-create even if i rebuld the vpopmail?

my host is centos 6.5 and when i install vpopmail the configure is

./configure \
        --enable-qmaildir=/var/qmail/ \
        --enable-qmail-newu=/var/qmail/bin/qmail-newu \
        --enable-qmail-inject=/var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject \
        --enable-qmail-newmrh=/var/qmail/bin/qmail-newmrh \
        --disable-roaming-users \
        --enable-incdir=/usr/include/mysql \
        --enable-libdir=/usr/lib64/mysql \
        --enable-logging=p \
        --disable-clear-passwd \
        --enable-auth-logging \
        --disable-valias \
        --disable-mysql-limits \
        --disable-passwd \
        --enable-qmail-ext \
        --enable-learn-passwords

is this right?

     and i think i also have another problem in the vpopmail test

    telnet localhost 25

    i can send mail to other server but can not send mail to my own mail server

    that is no error when i did as your example but that is no mail in my mailbox

    can you give me some suggest? 

    thanks very much.

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problems in your mysql?

roberto puzzanghera xia0sheng November 23, 2015 13:24

it could be another indication that you have problems in your mysql. Check the priviledges of the vpopmail mysql table. Look at your logs, too.

And yes, that table should be created the first time you access the db

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