[Dovecot] Error starting dovecot 1.0.0 /var/run/dovecot/auth-master failed: No such file or directory

[Yashesh Bhatia]

On 6/1/07, Yashesh Bhatia <yasheshb at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello:
>
>    i'm trying a tutorial
> (http://workaround.org/articles/ispmail-etch/en.html) for setting up
> postfix / dovecot but am getting some errors when i try to start
> dovecot
>
> here's some details of the enviromnent. (Fedora Core 6)
> Jun  1 20:30:16 foo dovecot: auth(default):
> net_listen_unix(/var/run/dovecot/auth-master) failed: No such file or
> directory
> Jun  1 20:30:16 foo dovecot: Auth process died too early - shutting down


fixed.. i had to create a directory ...
/var/run/dovecot
works fine.. finally happy to see
Jun  1 21:00:03 bfc11 dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.0 starting up
Jun  1 21:00:03 bfc11 dovecot: auth-worker(default): mysql: Connected
to 127.0.0.1 (foo_mail)

thx.

yashesh bhatia

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