basic configuratio error

[soko.tica]

There is no point in installing from ports, its' a fresh openbsd -current
install and dovecot from the packages.

The error was because I was starting dovecot from the command line (with -F
argument), while it started without problems once I tried as a boot service.

On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 11:48 PM, Peter Chiochetti <pch at myzel.net> wrote:

> Am 2014-10-28 um 21:05 schrieb soko.tica:
>
>>
>> After many hours I still fail to configure properly dovecot as the LDA
>> with
>> opensmtpd, for system users only.
>> I don't want pop at all, jus lmtp and imap, but still haven't stripped it.
>> Here is the info, thanks in advance for your response:
>>
>
> […]
>
>  pipe() failed: Too many open files
>> failed: Too many open files
>> open(/var/dovecot/login-master-notifya57a2b8821460734) failed: Too
>> many open files
>> safe_mkstemp(/var/dovecot/login-master-notify) failed: Too many open
>> files
>> failed: Too many open files
>> failed: Too many open files
>> failed: Too many open files
>> pipe() failed: Too many open files
>> failed: Too many open files
>>
>
> […]
>
> This looks like you hit a system limit. I am left wondering why anything
> works at all on the system.
>
> Your best bet: install from the ports collection, try to run without any
> change in configuration. See if it works. Change a little, see if if it
> works. Rinse, repeat.
>
> --
> peter
>