[imp] IMP Permission denied error / user not authorized

Jan Schneider jan at horde.org
Mon Feb 25 11:35:28 UTC 2013


Zitat von Ravid <vid401t at gmail.com>:

> Hi guys,
>
> Very new to horde webmail and evaluating the product.
>
> I have installed:
>
> Horde (horde) 5.0.4
> Mail (imp) 6.0.4
> Dovecot 2.0.9
>
>
> Basically trying to get to a point in which I can create users and they can
> login and send mails to each other.  Thought it would be simple but I have
> been stuck for the last two days.
>
> I installed Horde just fine, was able to access the UI and configure the
> Database (using mysql).
>
> Where I run into a problem is the authentication part.  The only way I was
> able to configure it so it would allow me to create users was via SQL
> authentication and providing the exact field names in my table within my
> mysql database.
>
> This is all fine and dandy but when I try to access mail, on the portal page
> I see: "User is not authorized for imp" .  When I click on Mail, i get a
> login page and an error in my backend log:
>
> HORDE: User is not authorized for imp
>
> Then i check the  messages log:
>
> [imp] Error connecting to mail server. [13] Permission denied
>
> So at this point, I realize I need imp to work.  I go to configurations,
> Mail, and within the tabs I see, there isn't much to configure.  The
> important tab I think would've been Server, but when I click the dropdown in
> server list (NONE, SHOWN, HIDDEN), i get nothing.
>
> Reading the install guide for IMP, I realize I need an IMAP Server, so I run
> off and install Dovecot which I create a new user table called mailbox along
> with numerous other configurations and can telnet into it fine (telnet
> localhost 143) and I see the dovecot syntax:
>
> * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE
> STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN] Dovecot ready.
>
> (Using plain auth for now b/c this is just a test machine)
>
> a login admin xxxxx
> a OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE
> SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT
> CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC
> ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS] Logged in
>
>
> At this point, I'm not sure what to do.  How do I get IMP to play nicely
> with Dovecot and show me my mailboxes on Horde?
>
> I tried the IMP test.php and filled in the fields but all i get back is:
> Error connecting to mail server.

And do you get a connection attempt on the IMAP server? If not, do you  
have Horde and Dovecot installed on different hosts? By default Horde  
connects to localhost.
-- 
Jan Schneider
The Horde Project
http://www.horde.org/



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