[Dovecot] Fatal: Unknown userdb type 'pgsql'

[Tim Southerwood]

Yep - looks like it was compiled without the pgsql support.

I've just pull the latest Fedora SRPM from rpmfind.net and --with-pgsql
is not mentioned in the SPEC file.

Best grab the SRPM yourself and unpack, add --with-pgsql to the
configure line in the SPEC file and rebuild - should do the job.

Tim

Best bet is 

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 17:48:11 +0200
felix.schwarz at web.de wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to use postgres authentication with dovecot on a linux
> system running Fedora Core 2. Installation of dovecot was done by
> installing the rpm included in the fedora distribution ("yum install
> dovecot").
> 
> from /etc/dovecot.conf
> auth_userdb = pgsql /etc/dovecot-pgsql.conf
> auth_passdb = pgsql /etc/dovecot-pgsql.conf
> 
> but the logs tell me:
> dovecot: Jul 21 19:28:39 Info: Dovecot starting up
> dovecot-auth: Jul 21 19:28:40 Fatal: Unknown userdb type 'pgsql'
> dovecot: Jul 21 19:28:40 Error: Auth process died too early - shutting
> down dovecot: Jul 21 19:28:40 Error: child 5229 (auth) returned error
> 89 imap-login: Jul 21 19:28:40 Fatal: fd_send(-1) failed: Broken pipe
> imap-login: Jul 21 19:28:40 Fatal: fd_send(-1) failed: Broken pipe
> 
> I think that the fedora rpm was compiled without postgresql support.
> - Is the information given above sufficient for an educated guess?
> - Would that lead to the above error message?
> - What other errors may cause this behavior?
> - How can I check which authentification types are supported by my
> dovecot-auth?- Are there any other Fedora rpms compiled with postgres
> support available on the net?
> 
> thank you for your help :-)
> 
> -- 
> Felix
> 


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