From: no_reply@dipl-ing-kessler.de   
      
   On Sat, 17 Jan 2026 20:43:12 -0000 (UTC) Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Yes, I typed this to connect to localmachine, wanting to authenticate as   
   user 'cyrus' with password I've set   
      
   > Another thing to check is, is it trying to connect via the imap port   
   > (143) or imaps (993)?   
      
   I checked this with wireshark on local-loopback. Requests are against port   
   143/tcp on localhost. In some packets I see auth attempts like   
   'AUTHENTICATE DIGEST-MD5'   
      
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