Every time a user logs into Dovcot's IMAP service PAM closes the session immediately after it opens. I would like a user to have a session open long enough to read some emails. What can I do to resolve this?
dictator@drakeclasher:~$ sudo dovecot -n # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.14-0.bpo.1-amd64 x86_64 Debian 7.8 mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { driver = pam } passdb { args = failure_show_msg=yes %s driver = pam } plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = " imap lmtp" ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } userdb { args = mail driver = pam } Apr 6 21:57:29 drakeclasher su[2346]: pam_unix(su:session): session opened for user mailtest by dictator(uid=0) Apr 6 21:59:55 drakeclasher su[2346]: pam_unix(su:session): session closed for user mailtest dictator@drakeclasher:~$ groups mailtest mailtest : Domain Users mail users [link][13 comments]