[Dovecot] dovecot-auth requires userdb, but already configured

[Eduardo M KALINOWSKI]

Carl Vondrick wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> My ultimate goal is to have fetchmail/getmail poll from POP3/IMAP servers
> and deliver mail into Dovecot mailboxes.  This does not work because the
> Dovecot LDA for some reason fails.
>
> I believe I have narrowed down the problem to dovecot-auth not finding my
> userdb.  But, I am able to connect to dovecot via IMAP in my MUA and preform
> operations (read, delete mail, create folders).  This leads me to believe my
> userdb is setup correctly.
>
> Does anyone have any idea as to why dovecot-auth would not find my userdb?
> (Configuration is below).

Are you using virtual users? In this case, Dovecot's deliver needs a
master socket to get user information from. See instructions at
http://wiki.dovecot.org/LDA .

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Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
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