[Dovecot] Can't resolve address 127.0.0.1

[Rick Johnson]

Alban Dani wrote:
> Hi ,
> 
> I recently installed Fedora Core 1.
> 
> Installed postfix on it and that is running fine.
> 
> I am trying to get dovecot to run and I have changed only the following 
> line from the default dovecot.conf :
> 
> imap_listen = 127.0.0.1 since I’d like to install squirrelmail later on.
> 
> Now when I try to start dovecot I get “Starting Dovecot Imap: Fatal: 
> Can't resolve address 127.0.0.1 : Name or service not known”

Does /etc/hosts still contain an entry for localhost?

Does /etc/nsswitch.conf still reference files for name resolution?

Is the interface lo active? (run ifconfig to find out)

-Rick

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