[Dovecot] Dovecot fails to start after enabling "deliver" executable settings to config file

[infowolfe]

On 6/12/06, My BSD <MyBSD at comcast.net> wrote:
> The directory should have been "/opt/local/var/run/dovecot/".
>
> However, when "user" and "group" are set to "9999" dovecot will not
> start with the following error log entries:
>
> -------------------------------------------
> dovecot: Jun 12 12:52:36 Error: auth(default): User doesn't exist: 9999
> dovecot: Jun 12 12:52:36 Error: Auth process died too early - shutting
> down dovecot: Jun 12 12:52:36 Error: child 29585 (auth) returned error
> 89
> -------------------------------------------

cat /etc/passwd | grep 9999
if you don't see any output, then cat /etc/passwd | more and pick a
different uid/gid to launch dovecot as ;-)