Whats the userPasswordAlgorithm you are using?

I updated again to version 1.3.16 and I did the tests again, this time more carefully. In my 1.3.15a configuration userPasswordAlgorithm was not configured, so passwords were stored in clear text. After upgrading to 1.3.16 LDAP passwords was saved in the form {none}clear_text_password. This has screwed up my authentication for Dovecot, which is authenticated on the same LDAP. Thus, the web interface started with a long timeout caused by mail module. However , I noticed that the contacts and calendars were functional. After I configured userPasswordAlgorithm to ssha or crypt I noticed that I could successfully change the password. I still have problems with some encryption algorithms and Dovecot but that's another story. So my new conclusion is that is not a bug, but a feature. Sorry for the confusion that I created.

If you want to store the passwords in clear text just use "plain" as userPasswordAlgorithm.
As a side note, if the passwords are stored as {scheme}pass (as it is with 1.3.16), dovecot should be able to authenticate the users (as long as the scheme is known)

Hi. I am trying the crypt-md5 and it's not working.
I copied my crypted password from /etc/shadow and looks something like this:

$1$Mqbq7yuR$t2CF7SCtiqcdLDpfT8.LI.

When using

    <key>userPasswordAlgorithm</key>
    <string>crypt</string>    

I can login and do every thing until I change the passsword. than it becomes a short crypt password.

This sort of feels like readonly crypt-md5 support.

Now version 1.3.16 is supposed to have real crypt-md5 support, but when I change my config to

    <key>userPasswordAlgorithm</key>
    <string>crypt-md5</string>    

Cannot login.

I tried with prependEncryptionScheme YES and NO

I of course use mysql authentication, not ldap.

Am I doing something wrong here? Or is it a bug?

Try md5-crypt. This is a documentation mistake.

Thanks. That did the trick. now it is working :-) (login and password change)

Re-opening the issue since it's a documentation mistake.

Fixed.