BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Re: Dovecot for testing - can someone please give advice?
De:       Lawrence D?Oliveiro
Data:     Sun, 18 Jan 2026 21:30:01 +1100
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On Sat, 17 Jan 2026 13:51:22 -0000 (UTC), Markus Robert Kessler wrote:

> When I try to log into Dovecot, it asks for password (based on
> /etc/shadow as it looks like), but then Dovecot asks for some imap
> password:
>
> [502 root@rpi-inst ~]# cyradm -u cyrus localhost
> Password:
> IMAP Password:
>               Login failed: authentication failure at /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/perl5/5.32/Cyrus/IMAP/Admin.pm line 134.
> cyradm: cannot authenticate to server as cyrus

Seems to be saying it?s trying to authenticate as user ?cyrus?. Is
this valid?

Another thing to check is, is it trying to connect via the imap port
(143) or imaps (993)?

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