[Dovecot] Slackware 14 config

[Clifford W Fulford]

I am trying to install dovecot 2.2.12 from source on slackware 14.0 
Compilation and install work without error.
doveconf -n
# 2.2.12: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 3.2.45 x86_64 Slackware 14.0 
auth_mechanisms = plain login
auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb
base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/
mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u
namespace inbox {
   inbox = yes
   location =
   mailbox Drafts {
     special_use = \Drafts
   }
   mailbox Junk {
     special_use = \Junk
   }
   mailbox Sent {
     special_use = \Sent
   }
   mailbox "Sent Messages" {
     special_use = \Sent
   }
   mailbox Trash {
     special_use = \Trash
   }
   prefix = 
}
passdb {
   driver = shadow
}
protocols = imap lmtp pop3
service imap-login {
   inet_listener imap {
     port = 143
   }
   inet_listener imaps {
     port = 993
     ssl = yes
   }
}
service pop3-login {
   inet_listener pop3 {
     port = 110
   }
   inet_listener pop3s {
     port = 995
     ssl = yes
   }
}
ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem
ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem
userdb {
   driver = passwd
}

Seems to start ok. No errors reported in logs. Checked location of logs 
with "doveadm log find"

telnet localhost 143
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'

No imap prompt. Still no errors.
Tried doveadm
bash-4.2# doveadm auth test fulford
Password:
doveadm(root): Error: Timeout waiting for handshake from auth server. my 
pid=8881, input bytes=0
doveadm(root): Fatal: Couldn't connect to auth socket
bash-4.2# ls -l /var/run/dovecot/aut*
srw------- 1 dovecot root 0 Mar  9 01:01 /var/run/dovecot/auth-client
srw------- 1 dovecot root 0 Mar  9 01:01 /var/run/dovecot/auth-login
srw------- 1 root    root 0 Mar  9 01:01 /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
srw-rw-rw- 1 dovecot root 0 Mar  9 01:01 /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb
srw------- 1 dovecot root 0 Mar  9 01:01 /var/run/dovecot/auth-worker

I can't find anyone else having this problem. What am I doing wrong?

Clifford
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