A lot of "missing passwd_alt file", also on non-suspended accounts. What is this?

[Richard G]

I've seen massive of these lines in my /var/log/maillog file, like this:

Sep 21 19:13:55 server26 dovecot[2301724]: auth([email protected],185.xxx.xxx.xxx,sasl:plain)<VzJy01I/xoC5nOmi>: da_alternate: missing passwd file: /etc/virtual/domain.nl/passwd_alt

these passwd_alt files do not exist anywhere on the server.

I see these lines with accounts which are suspended and accounts which are not suspended.

And I can't find an explanation on the forum about this or how to fix this.
FYI: One click login to Roundcube is -not- enabled.

 

[zEitEr]

Hello,

Whether or not the one-click for RoundCube is enabled on a server, you can still find the following file /etc/dovecot/conf/alternate_passwd.conf for Dovecot with the following content:

#VERSION=0.1
passdb da_alternate {
  passdb_username_filter = *@*
  passwd_file_path=/etc/virtual/%{user | domain}/passwd_alt
  passdb_default_password_scheme=CRYPT
  auth_username_format=%{user | username}
  passdb_driver = passwd-file
}

which is the reason of those warning in mail logs.

 

[Richard G]

which is the reason of those warning in mail logs.

Yes. I've also read in the docs or changelog that even if they exist, they will be automatically removed after a certain amount of time.
It's just irritating it generates so many errors in the log, gives the impression something is wrong.

So I wonder if no change can be made that if not required no error will be given when not present. So the prevent invalid errors in fact.