unable to login to users webmail on site:20000

Submitted by gusswendson on Sun, 08/24/2014 - 17:10 Pro Licensee

Aug 25 08:07:48 caesium dovecot: imap(test.reeltimepeople): Error: user test.reeltimepeople: Initialization failed: namespace configuration error: inbox=yes namespace missing Aug 25 08:07:48 caesium dovecot: imap(test.reeltimepeople): Error: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information. Aug 25 08:07:48 caesium dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<test.reeltimepeople>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, mpid=11723, secured, session=<X4z2TGcBOwB/AAAB> Aug 25 08:07:48 caesium dovecot: imap(test.reeltimepeople): Error: user test.reeltimepeople: Initialization failed: namespace configuration error: inbox=yes namespace missing Aug 25 08:07:48 caesium dovecot: imap(test.reeltimepeople): Error: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information.

are the errors from mail.log

An error occurred listing mail in this folder : Failed to login to POP3 server : Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information.

comes from inside usermin!

Any assistance would be appreciated :)

thanks

Gus

Status: 
Closed (fixed)

Comments

Submitted by JamieCameron on Sun, 08/24/2014 - 17:52

Does anything related to Dovecot get logged to /var/log/messages ?

Submitted by andreychek on Sun, 08/24/2014 - 17:55

Howdy -- hmm, it sounds like you're seeing a Dovecot namespace error.

Did anything with Dovecot change recently? Did you perhaps upgrade to Ubuntu 14.04 recently?

Submitted by gusswendson on Sun, 08/24/2014 - 17:56 Pro Licensee

I think you mean var/log/syslog as messages doesnt exist in ubuntu! :)

Aug 25 08:54:57 caesium dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<test.reeltimepeople>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, mpid=14446, secured, session=<x32d9WcBBgB/AAAB> Aug 25 08:54:57 caesium dovecot: imap(test.reeltimepeople): Error: user test.reeltimepeople: Initialization failed: namespace configuration error: inbox=yes namespace missing Aug 25 08:54:57 caesium dovecot: imap(test.reeltimepeople): Error: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information. Aug 25 08:54:57 caesium dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<test.reeltimepeople>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, mpid=14448, secured, session=<6byd9WcBBwB/AAAB> Aug 25 08:54:57 caesium dovecot: imap(test.reeltimepeople): Error: user test.reeltimepeople: Initialization failed: namespace configuration error: inbox=yes namespace missing Aug 25 08:54:57 caesium dovecot: imap(test.reeltimepeople): Error: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information. Aug 25 08:54:57 caesium dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<test.reeltimepeople>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, mpid=14450, secured, session=<19Ce9WcBCAB/AAAB> Aug 25 08:54:57 caesium dovecot: imap(test.reeltimepeople): Error: user test.reeltimepeople: Initialization failed: namespace configuration error: inbox=yes namespace missing Aug 25 08:54:57 caesium dovecot: imap(test.reeltimepeople): Error: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information. Aug 25 08:54:57 caesium dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<test.reeltimepeople>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, mpid=14454, secured, session=<KL2f9WcBCQB/AAAB> Aug 25 08:54:57 caesium dovecot: imap(test.reeltimepeople): Error: user test.reeltimepeople: Initialization failed: namespace configuration error: inbox=yes namespace missing Aug 25 08:54:57 caesium dovecot: imap(test.reeltimepeople): Error: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information. Aug 25 08:54:57 caesium dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<test.reeltimepeople>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, mpid=14455, secured, session=<uMmf9WcBCgB/AAAB> Aug 25 08:54:57 caesium dovecot: imap(test.reeltimepeople): Error: user test.reeltimepeople: Initialization failed: namespace configuration error: inbox=yes namespace missing Aug 25 08:54:57 caesium dovecot: imap(test.reeltimepeople): Error: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information.

is what it spits out! the weird thing is it delivers emails to the account...

Submitted by gusswendson on Sun, 08/24/2014 - 18:05 Pro Licensee

G'day

Certainly did upgrade about 2 weeks ago. I did follow the guide!

Submitted by gusswendson on Sun, 08/24/2014 - 18:18 Pro Licensee

is there a quick fix andy? :)

Submitted by andreychek on Sun, 08/24/2014 - 18:47

What you may want to try is to add a line like the following to your /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf file:

namespace inbox { inbox = yes }

And then restart Dovecot.

After doing that, are you able to log in?

Submitted by gusswendson on Sun, 08/24/2014 - 18:49 Pro Licensee

it doesnt much like that being added to dovecot.conf

doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf line 26: Garbage after '{'

line 26 = namespace inbox { inbox = yes }

Submitted by andreychek on Sun, 08/24/2014 - 19:15

I wonder if it doesn't like that all being on one line... try adding it like the following:

namespace inbox {
     inbox = yes
}

Submitted by gusswendson on Sun, 08/24/2014 - 19:18 Pro Licensee

ok so i added it to /etc/dovecot/conf.d/15-mailbox.conf

seems ok now :)

thanks andy/jamie!!!

Submitted by gusswendson on Sun, 08/24/2014 - 19:24 Pro Licensee

thanks again!