[Dovecot] base_dir= problems

[Philippe Lelédy]

Le 08/12/13 21:38, Timo Sirainen a écrit :
> 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).
>
doveconf -a | grep state_dir

gives nothing.

Adding state_dir = /var/run/dovecot to dovecot.conf gives

doveconf -n -c dstate
# 2.1.17: dstate
doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file dstate line 116: Unknown 
setting: state_dir

What to do ?