(fixed) vpopmail authentication problems

[darkcoder]

I follow originally the official qmail/vpopmail howto. At first, everything works fine, but now vpopmail refuse to authenticate users neither by imap nor pop3. I retry the guide from the begining by removing first all installed components and configs and reinstall them again without suceess two times. Currently I'm on the third install and have performed all steps upto the courier-imap configuration, and again access is refused. I tested the access with both telnet to pop3 port and thunderbird email client (pop, and imap). All the vpopmail tools are working, for example this is the output of vuserinfo command:
vuserinfo command

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name:   demo
passwd: $1$vLEy.2o.$ZUSBVmuesma32ZbhRaxuF.
clear passwd: demo
comment: demo
uid:    0
gid:    0
flags:  0
gecos: demo
limits: No user limits set.
dir:       /var/vpopmail/domains/mydomain.net/demo
quota:     1024S
usage:     0%
account created: Tue Jun  8 00:31:38 2004
last auth: Never logged in

output of telnet to mydomain.net 110

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Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.localdomain.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK Hello there.
USER demo@mydomain.net
+OK Password required.
PASS demo
-ERR Login failed.

vpopmail file info

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# ls -l /etc/vpopmail.conf
-rw-r-----  1 root vpopmail 637 Jun  7 23:50 /etc/vpopmail.conf
# ls -l /var/vpopmail/bin/vchkpw
-rws--x--x  1 root vpopmail 81296 Jun  7 20:45 /var/vpopmail/bin/vchkpw

Ports available on the computer

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Interesting ports on localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1):
(The 1653 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed)
PORT      STATE SERVICE
22/tcp    open  ssh
80/tcp    open  http
110/tcp   open  pop3
143/tcp   open  imap
443/tcp   open  https
3306/tcp  open  mysql

Packages build and their flags

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[ebuild   R   ] net-mail/vpopmail-5.4.0  +clearpasswd -ipalias +mysql  0 kB
[ebuild   R   ] net-mail/courier-imap-3.0.4-r1  +berkdb -fam +gdbm +ldap +mysql +nls +pam -postgres -(selinux)  0 kB 

What I'm missing?

[darkcoder]

Apparently my problem is that courier-imap (v 3.0.2 and 3.0.4) ignore the authdaemonrc config file, thus ignoring my authmodulelist="authvchkpw" entry and making my imap/pop3 servers reject logins. But if I specify that instruction on each server config (ie. pop3d file, imapd file, etc), then they work without problem.

Anyway if anyone have any suggestions about this let me know.

[scootersmk]

I have run into what looks like the same problems that you have. Unfortunatly I have not figured out a solution yet. I will let you know if I find out anything.

[ribo]

I have run into what looks like the same problems that you have. Unfortunatly I have not figured out a solution yet. I will let you know if I find out anything.

he just gave you the solution

But if I specify that instruction on each server config (ie. pop3d file, imapd file, etc), then they work without problem.

[darkcoder]

I found the problem. Since I use a mix of the original gentoo qmail howto and the forums qmail howto (with antivirus), a problem arrise when reinstalling components. The problem is that step 4 of the qmail forums howto must be included.

> emerge /usr/portage/net-mail/courier-imap/courier-imap-3.0.2-r1.ebuild
> nano -w /etc/courier-imap/authdaemonrc
authmodulelist="authvchkpw"
> nano -w /etc/courier-imap/imapd
IMAPDSTART=YES
AUTHMODULES="authvchkpw"
> nano -w /etc/courier-imap/pop3d
POP3DSTART=YES
AUTHMODULES="authvchkpw"
> rc-update add courier-imapd default
> rc-update add courier-pop3d default
> /etc/init.d/courier-imapd start
> /etc/init.d/courier-pop3d start

That steps are needed if you plan to use imap and pop3 without ssl.

[Gandalf the White]

THank you thank you thank you thank you thank you! Sorry for resurrecting this thread from the grave, but thank you!

[darkcoder]

You are welcome, and it feels good to know was able to help someone.