[Dovecot] base_dir= problems

[Timo Sirainen]

On 7.12.2013, at 6.22, Philippe Lelédy <dovecot at leledy.fr> wrote:

> I first let base_dir = with it's default value of /var/dovecot.
> I changed my mind and now I have
> 
> doveconf -n
> # 2.1.17: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> # OS: OpenBSD 5.4 amd64  ffs
> base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/
> 
> After a few days, imap clients couldn't login. Here the problem
> 
> Dec 04 17:03:16 imap-login: Fatal: Corrupted SSL parameters file: /var/dovecot/ssl-parameters.dat
> Dec 04 17:03:16 imap-login: Fatal: Corrupted SSL parameters file: /var/dovecot/ssl-parameters.dat
> Dec 04 17:03:16 master: Error: mkdir(/var/dovecot) failed: Read-only file system
> Dec 04 17:03:16 master: Error: safe_mkstemp(/var/dovecot/mounts.tmp.) failed: No such file or directory
> Dec 04 17:03:16 master: Error: file_dotlock_open(/var/dovecot/instances) failed: No such file or directory
> Dec 04 17:03:16 ssl-params: Fatal: creat(/var/dovecot/ssl-parameters.dat.tmp) failed: No such file or directory

You still have state_dir=/var/dovecot (and don’t place it under /var/run/, it’s meant to be durable).