[dovecot] Re: passwd-file; configure args..

[Jesse Peterson]

Fixed...

Jesse Peterson wrote:
> Timo Sirainen wrote:
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>> On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 09:57, Jesse Peterson wrote:
>>
>>> I couldn't reproduce this again (because i can't get imap-master 
>>> running due to problem below..) but.. When compiling without shadow, 
>>> passwd, or pam, when logging in I get after a successful login (in my 
>>> syslog):
>>> Dec 28 22:39:38 badcase imap(username): MAIL environment missing and 
>>> autodetection failed (home /some/home/directory)
>>> Now I thought this was covered in a previous fix before (ChangeLog: 
>>> "2002-12-17 03:00  Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi>")  but for some reason 
>>> it's broken again..?
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>> This is different problem. The mailbox location detection isn't working
>> for some reason with you. Did it used to work, or is this just a
>> different user? ~/mail (mbox) or ~/Maildir has to exist to make Dovecot
>> know what to use.
>>
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>>> The configure args problem has to do with --localstatedir.  If i 
>>> leave it default (PREFIX/var) it forces me (even with non-relative 
>>> pathnames in the config file) for the socket-files 
>>> (ssl_parameters_file, login_dir) that should go in /var/run to be put 
>>> under PREFIX, (/usr/local for NetBSD 1.6).  Not too bad, if I could 
>>> override it in the config file, which I can't.  So I ./configure'd 
>>> with --localstatedir=/, and when I run imap-master I now get:
>>> Fatal: Can't create directory //run/dovecot: No such file or directory
>>> Somewhat odd.
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>> Well, since the default is PREFIX/var, you'd just drop out the PREFIX.
>> ie. --localstatedir=/var. But I'm also a bit annoyed at this change,
>> have to do something about it so that it can be overridden in config
>> file.
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> I've tried that, and it starts, with a message about fixing permissions 
> of /var/run/dovecot, and then all I get is:
> Dec 29 01:05:48 badcase imap-master: child 9660 (auth) killed with signal 6
> Dec 29 01:05:49 badcase imap-master: child 9662 (auth) killed with signal 6
> Dec 29 01:05:51 badcase imap-master: child 9663 (auth) killed with signal 6
> Dec 29 01:05:52 badcase imap-master: child 9664 (auth) killed with signal 6
> Dec 29 01:05:53 badcase imap-master: child 9665 (auth) killed with signal 6
> Dec 29 01:05:54 badcase imap-master: child 9666 (auth) killed with signal 6
> 
> If try to connect to the server, I get alternating (auth) and (login) 
> "killed with signal 6" every second or so... weird.

For an odd reason, auth_user has to be root for it to not do this...

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Jesse Peterson
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