[Dovecot] problems with Debian Sarge

[Jaldhar H. Vyas]

On Wed, 31 May 2006, Andrea Riela wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I've updated my dovecot 0.99.14 with the last package
> (0.99.14-1sarge0), but it doesn't work. I've found that problem:
>
> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.bugs.general/80872
>
> then I've removed that, and reinstalled first package (from
> /var/cache/apt/archives), and NOW it doesnt' work too :(
>

That wasn't the problem.

> When I start the daemon, I see in my logs:
>
> dovecot: May 31 12:40:28 Info: Dovecot starting up
> dovecot-auth: May 31 12:40:29 Fatal: Unknown userdb type 'vpopmail'
> dovecot: May 31 12:40:29 Error: Auth process died too early - shutting down
> dovecot: May 31 12:40:29 Error: child 15798 (auth) returned error 89
> imap-login: May 31 12:40:29 Fatal: fd_send(-1) failed: No such file or 
> directory
> imap-login: May 31 12:40:29 Fatal: fd_send(-1) failed: No such file or 
> directory
>
> I don't understand. Any advice will be appreciated

The Debian package is not built with vpopmail support.  Use another type 
of userdb.

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