[Dovecot] Error reading configuration file

[Justin Pearce]

-----Original Message-----
From: Kartagis [mailto:kartagis at kunduz.org] 
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 2:49 AM
To: Justin Pearce
Cc: dovecot at dovecot.org
Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Error reading configuration file

Justin Pearce wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tolga [mailto:kartagis at kunduz.org] 
> Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 2:36 PM
> To: Justin Pearce
> Cc: dovecot at dovecot.org
> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Error reading configuration file
>
>   
>> Justin Pearce wrote:
>>     
>>> Good day,
>>>
>>> I seem to be having an issue using dovecot 1.0 rc15. I compiled the
>>> source with the following configure command:
>>>
>>> CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include/mysql"
>>>       
> LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib/mysql"
>   
>>> -lmysqlclient" ./configure -with-mysql -with-sql-drivers=mysql
>>>
>>> Did make and make install and set the dovecot-example.conf to
>>> dovecot.conf and tried running the program and got the following
>>>       
> error:
>   
>>> Error: Error in configuration file on line 50: expecting '='
>>>
>>> Line 50 of the default config is a comment, which struck me as odd.
>>> So, I uninstalled and tried building with no options. I did a make
>>> uninstall, removed the /usr/local/lib/dovecot directory did make and
>>> make install and tried the program. This time it didn't crash about
>>> the config file, but the mail.err log notes that the child processes
>>> died on an error 89, apparently unable to figure our what pam was.
>>>
>>>       
>> Paste your lines 45~55 here.
>>     
> (Line number included because of formatting issues in Outlook :\)
>
> 45 #disable_plaintext_auth = yes
> 46
> 47 # Should all IMAP and POP3 processes be killed when Dovecot master
> process
> 48 # shuts down. Setting this to "no" means that Dovecot can be
upgraded
> without
> 49 # forcing existing client connections to close (although that could
> also be
> 50 # a problem if the upgrade is eg. because of a security fix). This
> however
> 51 # means that after master process has died, the client processes
> can't write
> 52 # to log files anymore.
> 53 #shutdown_clients = yes
> 54 
> 55 ##
>   
>Better, paste all your configuration file. This seems okay, but a 
>previous line may be causing the error.

The configuration is the default configuration that comes after
compiling dovecot. I have not even changed anything in said config,
which is why I thought this error seemed rather odd.


>   
>>> I'm wondering why the thing seems to work if I do not build for
mysql
>>> but if I want mysql, it breaks in the manner it does? Is it a bug,
or
>>> am I doing it wrong (which is a real possibility). Any help soon
>>>       
> would
>   
>>> be appreciated, as my boss keeps asking 'So, when is that mail
server
>>> going to be done?'. :)
>>>
>>> Justin Pearce
>>>
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>>>