Authentication Problem for SquirrelMail

JOHN MATHEW · External Since: Jul 06, 2007 Posts: 5

i am trying to setup webmail for my mail server.What i have done is
enabled IMAP from dovecot and opened up port for imap,Installed
squirrel mail.After that when i try to login as root it's giveing this
error message.

ERROR:
ERROR: Connection dropped by IMAP server.

please help to resolve this authentication problem.

Thanks
Melbin Mathew

Bill Marcum · External Since: Dec 18, 2006 Posts: 286

On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 01:44:54 -0700, JOHN MATHEW
<mathew.melbin DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> i am trying to setup webmail for my mail server.What i have done is
> enabled IMAP from dovecot and opened up port for imap,Installed
> squirrel mail.After that when i try to login as root it's giveing this
> error message.
>
> ERROR:
> ERROR: Connection dropped by IMAP server.
>
> please help to resolve this authentication problem.
>
Does it work when you login as any other user? If so, edit /etc/aliases
to send root's mail to another user.

--
Traffic signals in New York are just rough guidelines.
-- David Letterman

JOHN MATHEW · External Since: Jul 06, 2007 Posts: 5

On Jul 29, 6:04 pm, Bill Marcum <marcumb... RemoveThis @bellsouth.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 01:44:54 -0700, JOHN MATHEW <mathew.mel... RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > i am trying to setup webmail for my mail server.What i have done is
> > enabled IMAP from dovecot and opened up port for imap,Installed
> > squirrel mail.After that when i try to login as root it's giveing this
> > error message.
>
> > ERROR:
> > ERROR: Connection dropped by IMAP server.
>
> > please help to resolve this authentication problem.
>
> Does it work when you login as any other user? If so, edit /etc/aliases
> to send root's mail to another user.
>
> --
> Traffic signals in New York are just rough guidelines.
> -- David Letterman

hi thanks a lot..
i checked for other users..its working fine for other users.but why
it's not working for root.

is it blocking root or any security reason??

Thank you
Melbin Mathew

Ogre · External Since: Jun 04, 2007 Posts: 20

JOHN MATHEW wrote:
> i am trying to setup webmail for my mail server.What i have done is
> enabled IMAP from dovecot and opened up port for imap,Installed
> squirrel mail.After that when i try to login as root it's giveing this
> error message.
>
> ERROR:
> ERROR: Connection dropped by IMAP server.
>
> please help to resolve this authentication problem.

I've seen the exact same error message when the IMAP directory either
does not exist or the permissions deny access to that directory.

--
Ogre

Ogre · External Since: Jun 04, 2007 Posts: 20

JOHN MATHEW wrote:
> On Jul 29, 6:04 pm, Bill Marcum <marcumb....DeleteThis@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 01:44:54 -0700, JOHN MATHEW <mathew.mel....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> i am trying to setup webmail for my mail server.What i have done is
>>> enabled IMAP from dovecot and opened up port for imap,Installed
>>> squirrel mail.After that when i try to login as root it's giveing this
>>> error message.
>>> ERROR:
>>> ERROR: Connection dropped by IMAP server.
>>> please help to resolve this authentication problem.
>> Does it work when you login as any other user? If so, edit /etc/aliases
>> to send root's mail to another user.
>>
>> --
>> Traffic signals in New York are just rough guidelines.
>> -- David Letterman
>
> hi thanks a lot..
> i checked for other users..its working fine for other users.but why
> it's not working for root.
>
> is it blocking root or any security reason??

Probably directory permissions. You'd be better off aliasing the root
mail account to a regular user account. That should fix any
access/permission problems.

--
Ogre

JOHN MATHEW · External Since: Jul 06, 2007 Posts: 5

On Jul 31, 1:58 am, Ogre <ro....TakeThisOut@sonic.net> wrote:
> JOHN MATHEW wrote:
> > On Jul 29, 6:04 pm, Bill Marcum <marcumb....TakeThisOut@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >> On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 01:44:54 -0700, JOHN MATHEW <mathew.mel....TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>> i am trying to setup webmail for my mail server.What i have done is
> >>> enabled IMAP from dovecot and opened up port for imap,Installed
> >>> squirrel mail.After that when i try to login as root it's giveing this
> >>> error message.
> >>> ERROR:
> >>> ERROR: Connection dropped by IMAP server.
> >>> please help to resolve this authentication problem.
> >> Does it work when you login as any other user? If so, edit /etc/aliases
> >> to send root's mail to another user.
>
> >> --
> >> Traffic signals in New York are just rough guidelines.
> >> -- David Letterman
>
> > hi thanks a lot..
> > i checked for other users..its working fine for other users.but why
> > it's not working for root.
>
> > is it blocking root or any security reason??
>
> Probably directory permissions. You'd be better off aliasing the root
> mail account to a regular user account. That should fix any
> access/permission problems.
>
> --
> Ogre

thankyou for your kind information