[Dovecot] Problems with dovecot

[Udo Rader]

Filip Francis wrote:
> Udo Rader wrote:
>> Filip Francis wrote:
>>> root at Carolyn /opt/Dovecot/etc # ldd 
>>> /opt/Dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
>>>        libssl.so.0.9.7 =>       /opt/coolstack/lib/libssl.so.0.9.7
>>>        libcrypto.so.0.9.7 =>    /opt/coolstack/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7
>>>        librt.so.1 =>    /usr/lib/librt.so.1
>>>        libnsl.so.1 =>   /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1
>>>        libsocket.so.1 =>        /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1
>>>        libsendfile.so.1 =>      /usr/lib/libsendfile.so.1
>>>        libmtsk.so.1 =>  /usr/lib/libmtsk.so.1
>>>        libthread.so.1 =>        /usr/lib/libthread.so.1
>>>        libc.so.1 =>     /usr/lib/libc.so.1
>>>        libaio.so.1 =>   /lib/libaio.so.1
>>>        libmd.so.1 =>    /lib/libmd.so.1
>>>        libmp.so.2 =>    /lib/libmp.so.2
>>>        libscf.so.1 =>   /lib/libscf.so.1
>>>        libdl.so.1 =>    /lib/libdl.so.1
>>>        libpthread.so.1 =>       /lib/libpthread.so.1
>>>        libm.so.2 =>     /lib/libm.so.2
>>>        libdoor.so.1 =>  /lib/libdoor.so.1
>>>        libuutil.so.1 =>         /lib/libuutil.so.1
>>>        libgen.so.1 =>   /lib/libgen.so.1
>>>        libssl_extra.so.0.9.7 =>         
>>> /usr/sfw/lib/libssl_extra.so.0.9.7
>>>        libcrypto_extra.so.0.9.7 =>      
>>> /usr/sfw/lib/libcrypto_extra.so.0.9.7
>>>
>>> Filip
>>>
>>> Udo Rader wrote:
>>>> Filip Francis wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ihave jsut been compiling dovecot 1.1.6-1.1.8 on a solaris 10 x86 
>>>>> machine with sun studio 12.
>>>>> It compiles correctly but when i want to run dovecot i am getting 
>>>>> this error message
>>>>> Jan 10 17:16:16 Carolyn dovecot: [ID 762119 mail.info] Dovecot 
>>>>> v1.1.8 starting up
>>>>> Jan 10 17:16:16 Carolyn dovecot: [ID 107833 mail.warning] 
>>>>> auth(default): Growing pool 'mysql driver' with: 1024
>>>>> Jan 10 17:16:16 Carolyn dovecot: [ID 107833 mail.warning] 
>>>>> auth-worker(default): Growing pool 'mysql driver' with: 1024
>>>>> Jan 10 17:16:16 Carolyn dovecot: [ID 107833 mail.info] 
>>>>> auth-worker(default): mysql: Connected to localhost (mail)
>>>>> Jan 10 17:16:17 Carolyn dovecot: [ID 575603 mail.error] Temporary 
>>>>> failure in creating login processes, slowing down for now
>>>>> Jan 10 17:16:17 Carolyn dovecot: [ID 107833 mail.error] pop3-login: 
>>>>> ld.so.1: pop3-login: fatal: libsocket.so.1: open failed: No such 
>>>>> file or directory
>>>>> Jan 10 17:16:17 Carolyn dovecot: [ID 107833 mail.error] pop3-login: 
>>>>> ld.so.1: pop3-login: fatal: relocation error: file 
>>>>> /opt/Dovecot/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login: symbol socket: referenced 
>>>>> symbol not found
>>>>> Jan 10 17:16:17 Carolyn dovecot: [ID 107833 mail.error] imap-login: 
>>>>> ld.so.1: imap-login: fatal: libsocket.so.1: open failed: No such 
>>>>> file or directory
>>>>> Jan 10 17:16:17 Carolyn dovecot: [ID 107833 mail.error] imap-login: 
>>>>> ld.so.1: imap-login: fatal: relocation error: file 
>>>>> /opt/Dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login: symbol socket: referenced 
>>>>> symbol not found
>>>>> Jan 10 17:16:17 Carolyn dovecot: [ID 107833 mail.error] imap-login: 
>>>>> ld.so.1: imap-login: fatal: libsocket.so.1: open failed: No such 
>>>>> file or directory
>>>>> Jan 10 17:16:17 Carolyn dovecot: [ID 107833 mail.error] imap-login: 
>>>>> ld.so.1: imap-login: fatal: relocation error: file 
>>>>> /opt/Dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login: symbol socket: referenced 
>>>>> symbol not found
>>>>> Jan 10 17:16:17 Carolyn dovecot: [ID 107833 mail.error] pop3-login: 
>>>>> ld.so.1: pop3-login: fatal: libsocket.so.1: open failed: No such 
>>>>> file or directory
>>>>> Jan 10 17:16:17 Carolyn dovecot: [ID 107833 mail.error] pop3-login: 
>>>>> ld.so.1: pop3-login: fatal: relocation error: file 
>>>>> /opt/Dovecot/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login: symbol socket: referenced 
>>>>> symbol not found
>>>>> Jan 10 17:16:17 Carolyn dovecot: [ID 107833 mail.error] pop3-login: 
>>>>> ld.so.1: pop3-login: fatal: libsocket.so.1: open failed: No such 
>>>>> file or directory
>>>>> Jan 10 17:16:17 Carolyn dovecot: [ID 107833 mail.error] pop3-login: 
>>>>> ld.so.1: pop3-login: fatal: relocation error: file 
>>>>> /opt/Dovecot/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login: symbol socket: referenced 
>>>>> symbol not found
>>>>> Jan 10 17:16:17 Carolyn dovecot: [ID 107833 mail.crit] Panic: file 
>>>>> istream.c: line 89: assertion failed: (stream->eof)
>>>>> Jan 10 17:16:17 Carolyn dovecot: [ID 398108 mail.error] Raw backtrace:
>>>>
>>>> what does
>>>>
>>>> ldd /opt/Dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login give?
>>
>> please don't top post
>>
>> what user does your dovecot installation run under?
>>
>> and is your installation chroot`ed?
>>
>> -- 
>> Udo Rader
>> http://www.bestsolution.at
>>
>>
> it runs under dovecot

then probably user dovecot does not have a reasonable library path set 
to find libsocket.so.1.

can you do a

% su - dovecot
% whoami
dovecot
% ldd /opt/Dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login