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-rw-r--r--src/src/auths/dovecot.c14
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/src/auths/dovecot.c b/src/src/auths/dovecot.c
index 1874f3238..c89411af8 100644
--- a/src/src/auths/dovecot.c
+++ b/src/src/auths/dovecot.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ int auth_dovecot_server(auth_instance *ablock, uschar *data)
uschar *p;
int nargs, tmp;
int crequid = 1, cont = 1, fd, ret = DEFER;
- BOOL found = FALSE;
+ BOOL found = FALSE, have_mech_line = FALSE;
HDEBUG(D_auth) debug_printf("dovecot authentication\n");
@@ -300,8 +300,20 @@ int auth_dovecot_server(auth_instance *ablock, uschar *data)
OUT("authentication socket protocol version mismatch");
} else if (Ustrcmp(args[0], US"MECH") == 0) {
CHECK_COMMAND("MECH", 1, INT_MAX);
+ have_mech_line = TRUE;
if (strcmpic(US args[1], ablock->public_name) == 0)
found = TRUE;
+ } else if (Ustrcmp(args[0], US"SPID") == 0) {
+ /* Unfortunately the auth protocol handshake wasn't designed well
+ to differentiate between auth-client/userdb/master. auth-userdb
+ and auth-master send VERSION + SPID lines only and nothing
+ afterwards, while auth-client sends VERSION + MECH + SPID +
+ CUID + more. The simplest way that we can determine if we've
+ connected to the correct socket is to see if MECH line exists or
+ not (alternatively we'd have to have a small timeout after SPID
+ to see if CUID is sent or not). */
+ if (!have_mech_line)
+ OUT("authentication socket type mismatch (connected to auth-master instead of auth-client)");
} else if (Ustrcmp(args[0], US"DONE") == 0) {
CHECK_COMMAND("DONE", 0, 0);
cont = 0;