[BlueOnyx:17304] Re: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): authentication failure

[Gregg K]

> Hi,
> Anybody have any suggestions?

I think I had a similar issue in the past.  If you manually kill dovecot and
all it's processes, and restart it, will it work then?
For some reason on one of my systems, dovecot hangs a lot, and there are
sometimes 50 to 90 processes just hanging there.  That's when I start
getting those errors.  I think it's when outlook disconnects sometimes for
some reason it doesn't disconnect properly from the server, at least that's
what I'm thinking.

Gregg

> 
> Also..
> Here is the maillog error
> Mar 13 15:53:22 ns10 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 1
> attempts in 4 secs): user=<mrmitch>, method=PLAIN, rip=184.74.209.198,
> lip=207.142.2.119, session=<ez0X2jAR/QC4StHG>
> 
> 
> Hopping somebody can help me - we have an ongoing problem with email
> falling to authenticate - it comes and goes - usually outlook fails and
> smartphones are ok.sometimes the other way around.roundcube seems to
> always work..
> 
> Here is the error.
> Mar 13 14:06:03 ns10 auth: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): authentication failure;
> logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=dovecot ruser=mrmitch rhost=xxx.xx.xxx.xxx
> user=mrmitch
> 
> During this error - mail came into an iphone but outlook is failing. The
> password is correct and the username and password are the same in outlook
> and iphone.
> I can log into roundcueb with the same user/pass.