[Dovecot] problems with dotlock

[Timo Sirainen]

On Feb 27, 2009, at 6:31 PM, Scott Silva wrote:

>>> When Dovecot starts up, it logs a line:
>>>
>>> Info: Dovecot v1.1.11 starting up
>>>
>>> Do you see it, or do you see:
>>>
>>> Info: Dovecot v1.1.11 starting up (core dumps disabled)
..
> Did you do it like that kb article said, or did you just try;
> ulimit -c unlimited [enter]
> service dovecot start [enter]
>
> in a shell, because the latter won't work in CentOS because of the  
> way it is
> setup.

The startup message that Dovecot v1.1.11 and later give removes this  
ulimit confusion. If ulimit -c is 0, Dovecot adds the "core dumps  
disabled" message at startup. Although I'm now wondering if it should  
also check that the limit is some reasonable size, rather than only 0.