[Dovecot] dovecot can't start!

[Chris Wakelin]

Oleg D. wrote:
> Hello HenkJan,
> 
> 
> Tuesday, May 23, 2006, 11:30:37 AM, you wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>>do you have "disable_plaintext_auth = no" in dovecot.conf?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> 
>>"auth_verbose = yes" and "auth_debug = yes" in dovecot.conf for more logging
> 
> Yes.
> 
> 
>>what happens if you telnet to your dovecotserver?
> 
> I have already tried it many times.
> 
> And I don't see any prompt.
> 
> 
> In log:
> 
> "dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.beta8 starting up
> 
> dovecot: Generating Diffie-Hellman parameters for the first time. This may take 
> a while..
> 
> dovecot: auth-worker(default): mysql: Connected to /tmp/mysql.sock (mail)"
> 
> 
> after telnet:
> 
> "dovecot: pop3-login: Waiting for SSL parameter file ssl-parameters.dat"
> 
> and nothing else
> 
> 
> I found ssl-parameters.dat.tmp in /var/run/dovecot/login
> 
> 
> After starting/stopping dovecot several times ssl-parameters.dat is appear in 
> /var/run/dovecot/login
> 
> But nothing again
> 
> 
> OK. I try all of this to start dovecot anyway.
> 
> But I don't want to use SSL!
> 
> 
> THE MAIN QUESTION:
> 
> Why I see "pop3-login: BUG: SSL initialization parameters not given while they 
> should have been"
> 
> even if I have "ssl_disable = yes" in dovecot.conf
> 
> 
> 1.0b3 works fine.
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
>  Oleg                            mailto:dzoleg at rsute.ru
> 

What do you have as your "protocols" line? Make sure there's no "imaps"
or "pop3s". Also, make sure you don't have any "ssl_listen" options set.

Also, do you ever get the "SSL parameters regeneration completed" line
in your log file (it can take several minutes on a slow machine)? If
it's decided (however wrongly) to do the SSL paramters generation, you
won't be able to login until it's finished.

Chris


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