User Login Problem

[protocol]

Hello all

On a machine running the latest version of ISPConfig, i have created one site, and within this site i have created one user, and this user is 'administrator' and also has an e-mail address corresponding to him.

I can not log-in as that user, not with ftp, not with pop3.

I tried changing the password (via ISPConfig) and the problem remains.

Yes, the user appears in /etc/passwd.

Any ideas?

Best Regards
Panos

[till]

Is the password set in /etc/shadow?

Can you login with FTP and pop3 when you set the password to a new password on the commandline with the passwd command?

[protocol]

Yes the password is set in /etc/shadow.
No i can not login even after setting the username/password via the command line.

I tried to retrieve e-mail from this account using Thunderbird, and Thunderbird says :

Sending of password did not succeed. Mail server .... responded: chdir Maildir failed.

Please help.

Panos

[till]

Originally Posted by protocol

Yes the password is set in /etc/shadow.
No i can not login even after setting the username/password via the command line.

Ok, then it is not an ISPConfig user problem.

I tried to retrieve e-mail from this account using Thunderbird, and Thunderbird says :

Sending of password did not succeed. Mail server .... responded: chdir Maildir failed.

Have you set mail delivery to maildir in ISPCOnfig? You must send an email to the account first, before you can retrieve emails.

[protocol]

Hi Till.
Thank you for trying to help.
I have five machines live on the internet, each one running Suse (9.2 --> 10.0). This particular machine was set-up using your perfect guide for Suse 10.0 and it behaves normally except this particular issue. Anyway, since you feel it has nothing to do with ISPConfig's presence on the machine, i will take a look elsewhere.

Best Regards

[falko]

You should take a look at your log files to track down this problem.

[klaus++]

uncomment the line
#home_mailbox = Maildir/
in file "/etc/postfix/main.cf"

I had the same problem and managed to log in using POP3 after changing Postfix to Maildir-mode.

Good luck,
klaus++