[Dovecot] Dovecot 1.2rc4 - launchd keeps trying to restart it, after Dovecot exits with exit code: 89

[James Brown]

On 05/07/2009, at 2:46 AM, Axel Luttgens wrote:

> Le 4 juil. 09 à 17:25, David Stark a écrit :
>>
>> Call it a stab in the dark, but try removing the PID file at:
>> /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/master.pid
>
> Yes, that should do the trick (at least so as to get more  
> informative messages on next launch).
>
> Currently, looks like as if dovecot hasn't been cleanly terminated  
> last time, before having the opportunity to remove its pid file.
> James, did you have to abruptly shut down your box?
>
> Axel

You guessed correctly Axel! The server had locked up and had to power  
cycle it.

Removing the .pid file seems to have fixed all.

Thanks,

James.