[Dovecot] dovecot -n FATAL

[Tom Hendrikx]

On 02/06/2014 09:29 AM, Phil wrote:
> On 6/02/2014 6:23 PM, Steffen Kaiser wrote:
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>> On Thu, 6 Feb 2014, Phil wrote:
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>>> Im new to postfix-dovecot
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>> and Unix/Linux, too?
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> Technically yes! Less than 2 years experience running a live server . . .
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>>>                           and im mystified by the following results
>>> in ubuntu 10.04lts
>>>
>>> :~$ dovecot -n
>>> # 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
>>> Error: ssl_key_file: Can't use /etc/ssl/private/ssl-mail.key:
>>> Permission denied
>>> Fatal: Invalid configuration in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf

looks like a non-root prompt ...

>>>
>>> ~$ sudo ls -dl /etc/ssl/private/ssl-mail.key
>>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 2013-11-27 08:35
>>> /etc/ssl/private/ssl-mail.key -> /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key

using sudo here, so yes...

Since doveconf reads the ssl cert, the user that runs doveconf needs
access to the file too. Try again as root (or using sudo)...

Regards,
	Tom

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