Corrupted SSL parameters file in state_dir: ssl-parameters.dat

[Joseph Tam]

> But if I enable SSL, the doveadm backup on the remote machine hangs.
> And the destination machine prints the following two massages in the
> logs :
>
> Aug  4 17:10:31 bbb dovecot: doveadm: Error: Corrupted SSL parameters
> file in state_dir: ssl-parameters.dat - disabling SSL 360
> Aug  4 17:10:31 bbb dovecot: doveadm: Error: Couldn't initialize SSL
> parameters, disabling SSL
>
>
> BUT :
>
> (1) /var/lib/dovecot/ssl-parameters.dat  *DOES* exist.
> and
> (2) If I delete it and restart dovecot, it successully re-creates it, as per
> Aug  4 17:02:32 bbb dovecot: ssl-params: Generating SSL parameters
> Aug  4 17:06:58 bbb dovecot: ssl-params: SSL parameters regeneration completed

Your timestamps suggest you did this the other way around.

Aki mentioned that issue is/will be fixed, but DH parameters can take a
*very* long time to generate if you're unlucky, so maybe it's a timing
issue (using the service before the DH parameters was ready.)

Joseph Tam <jtam.home at gmail.com>