Re: dovecot imapd on network
Rob Owens put forth on 11/3/2010 5:09 PM:
> On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 02:56:13PM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
>> The Debian Lenny Dovecot 1.0.15 dovecot.conf disables plain text login
>> by default as a security measure. Look for the following in
>> /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:
>>
>> # Disable LOGIN command and all other plaintext authentications unless
>> # SSL/TLS is used (LOGINDISABLED capability). Note that if the remote IP
>> # matches the local IP (ie. you're connecting from the same computer), the
>> # connection is considered secure and plaintext authentication is allowed.
>> # disable_plaintext_auth = yes
>>
>> This would explain why you can log in via Thunderbird on the Debian
>> Lenny machine which _is your workstation_ not a server, but not from
>> your laptop.
>>
>> To use IMAPS requires a cert and key file. You must generate these,
>> unless you already have them.
>>
> On my installation, the cert was generated for me behind-the-scenes. At
> least I don't remember doing it myself, and I would have had to do some
> research in order to generate my own cert, and I don't remember doing
> that...
My error. You are correct Rob, they are installed automatically. I was
thinking of the ssl_ca_file.
--
Stan
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