[Dovecot] dovecot from debian lenny-backports does not accept connections

[Charles Marcus]

On 2010-05-16 5:34 AM, Joelly Alexander wrote:
> On 15.05.2010 21:05, Charles Marcus wrote:
>> On 2010-05-15 2:54 PM, Joelly Alexander wrote:
>>> two days for a stupid typo....

>> dovecot -n should also show the problem...

> yes, it shows a summary what is configured, but not that there is a
> problem with one of the settings;

Hmmm... it was my understanding that, like postfix, dovecot -n would
warn on *all* syntax errors, which I would classify a typo like this as...

But I just checked... if it is spelled properly, this setting doesn't
show up in doveoct -n output at all, which suggests that lock_method =
fcntl is the default - *but*, if it is spelled *improperly*, it *does*
show up, and with the incorrect spelling...

A quick test with another setting does produce the desired warning/error
- I changed the protocols line to inaps, and:

myhost : Sun May 16, 13:49:16 : /etc
 # dovecot -n
# 1.2.11: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
Error: Invalid protocols given in configuration file
Fatal: Invalid configuration in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
myhost : Sun May 16, 13:49:18 : /etc
 #

Timo? Shouldn't dovecot -n produce a similar warning/error for all
invalid/typo'd settings?

I also think it would be a good idea to report the line# in the config
file where the error resides (can make it much easier to find the
setting in a large, heavily commented config file)...

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Best regards,

Charles