[Dovecot] Dovecot upgrade 1 to 2 on Debian Squeeze : broken /var/run/dovecot

[Steffen Kaiser]

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On Tue, 25 Feb 2014, Si L wrote:

You've checked out http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Upgrading ?

> However, I see problems with files inside directory:
> drwxr-xr-x 4 dovenull root 4096 Feb 25 20:35 /var/run/dovecot
>
> Here's the version:
> # dovecot --version
> 2.1.7

Where is its conf? ;-)

> Here's my slightly redacted conf.
> # grep -v ^# dovecot.conf|grep -v ^$

if these settings below work for you, locate the "service XYZ" entries in 
the Dovecot v2 config and replace the values there. The syntax is the 
same, IMHO.

> service auth {
>  unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
>    group = postfix
>    mode = 0660
>    user = postfix
>  }
>  unix_listener auth-master {
>    mode = 0600
>    user = vmail
>  }
>  user = root
> }
> service imap-login {
>  chroot = login
>  inet_listener imap {
>    address = 127.0.0.1
>    port = 3993
>  }
>  inet_listener imaps {
>    address = *
>    port = 993
>  }
>  process_limit = 256
>  process_min_avail = 24
>  service_count = 1
>  vsz_limit = 48 M
> }
> service pop3-login {
>  chroot = login
>  process_limit = 256
>  process_min_avail = 24
>  service_count = 1
>  vsz_limit = 48 M
> }

- -- 
Steffen Kaiser
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