Dovecot not respecting log file

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I'm installing Dovecot 2.0 and I am running into problems with it checking for new messages. Postfix is getting the messages but dovecot is not finding them.

In my dovecot.conf I am using a static userdb which checks my passdb using sql. When I start dovecot the log says it starts without error but does not mention anything about auth-worker connecting to my database. Looking at dovecot -n I can see that it is still trying to use PAM to authenticate despite it being commented out in the log:

passdb {
  driver = pam
}
ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem
ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem
userdb {
  driver = passwd
}

No errors show up on the log right away but there are occasional errors that look like this:

localhost dovecot: pop3-login: Error: Timeout waiting for handshake from auth server. my pid=22714, input bytes=0
localhost dovecot: auth: Fatal: Support not compiled in for passdb driver 'pam'
localhost dovecot: master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling

I pastebinned the full log here: http://pastebin.com/c0VtFt2n

Best Answer

In dovecot 2 the configuration files aren't the same - the values from your dovecot.conf file are probably being over-written. (Most online articles are written for dovecot 1.x, so be careful - go straight to the dovecot site for information, or ensure you have instructions specific for dovecot 2).

Check the conf.d directory (usually /etc/dovecot/conf.d, but might depend on how you installed) for the rest of the configuration files. PAM authentication is (I believe) in auth-system.conf.ext.

As you have noted, dovecot -n gives you the configuration dovecot reads. If you need to see a list of all settings, include the defaults, run dovecot -a.

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