On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 07:50:01PM +0000, [email protected] wrote:
> Hello
> I just updated the 2/18 snapshot for amd64 (6.0 GENERIC.MP#178 amd64).
>
> After updating, I updated all the packages.
>
> Now, I cannot login to imap.
>
> I am using postfix, courier-imap, with mysql (mariadb).
>
> I recall that when I set this up 2 years ago, I used the command line
> "encrypt" function to create the password hashes that were inserted in the
> mysql user table for authentication.
>
> Since all my user accounts cannot access imap, I wondered if something had
> changed in the hashing. So, I used "encrypt" on the password, and got a
> different hash than I did originally.
>
> for example, last year the hash (of one password) started with
> "$2b$08$GbrcrMOiXb..." and now it starts with "$2b$10$9xJ8rv1D..."
>
> I tried changing the hash in the database, restarting mysql, courier (imap,
> authd), postfix; but am unable to login to imap.
>
> I keep getting login failures.
>
> Any help would be really appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Ted
encrypt(1) adds a salt, so each time you encrypt a different result is
expected. No idea about your actual problem,
-Otto
