hi
i want to set up LInux mail server for intranet purpose. i used following document as reference Linux Mail Server
softwares used are :
Postfix # pre installed
Procmail # pre installed
Fetchmail # pre installed
SpamBayes
Mutt # pre installed
SquirrelMail
Courier-imap
Courier-authlib
till now i managed to set up web mail i have created users with userdb but every time i try to log in via web mail it says
ERROR
Unknown user or password incorrect.
Go to the login page
when i run authtest it gives me following output :
$ authtest -s pop3 test
Authentication succeeded.
Authenticated: test (uid 782, gid 781)
Home Directory: /home/test
Maildir: /home/test/Maildir
Quota: (none)
Encrypted Password: (none)
Cleartext Password: (none)
Options: (none)
# but when i specify password which is correct it throws error
$ authtest -s pop3 test password
Authentication FAILED: Operation not permitted
i am able to send mails using mail command
$ uname -a
Linux linux01 2.6.18-8.el5 #1 SMP Fri Jan 26 14:15:14 EST 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
log from /var/log/maillog is :
Jul 1 17:48:04 Linux01 imapd: Connection, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]
Jul 1 17:48:04 Linux01 imapd: LOGIN FAILED, user=test, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]
Jul 1 17:48:09 Linux01 imapd: LOGOUT, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], rcvd=40, sent=346
log from squirrelmail :
INVALID test 172.30.1.45 2008/07/01 17:28:24
INVALID test 172.30.1.45 2008/07/01 17:48:09
am i missing something ??
thanks in advance.