Dovecot does not start on MacOS 12.01

Don Feliciano don.feliciano at icloud.com
Thu Oct 28 19:11:31 EEST 2021


Same issue in 2.3.17

dovecot-2.3.17.tar.gz:
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/dovecot/2.3.17 --libexecdir=/usr/local/Cellar/dovecot/2.3.17/libexec --sysconfdir=/usr/local/etc --localstatedir=/usr
make install

dovecot-2.3-pigeonhole-0.5.17.tar.gz:
 ./configure --with-dovecot=/usr/local/Cellar/dovecot/2.3.17/lib/dovecot --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/dovecot/2.3.17
make
make install

sudo /usr/local/opt/dovecot/sbin/dovecot -F
Warning: fd limit (ulimit -n) is lower than required under max. load (256 < 1000), because of default_client_limit
Oct 28 12:08:48 service(log): Fatal: setrlimit(RLIMIT_DATA, 268435456): Invalid argument

> On Oct 27, 2021, at 11:08 AM, Don Feliciano <don.feliciano at icloud.com> wrote:
> 
> I've been happily running Dovecot on my Mac for many years (installed via Homebrew). After upgrading to Monterey (MacOS 12.01), it no longer starts:
> 
> $ sw_vers
> ProductName: macOS
> ProductVersion: 12.0.1
> BuildVersion: 21A559
> 
> $ uname -a
> Darwin dfelicia-mac 21.1.0 Darwin Kernel Version 21.1.0: Wed Oct 13 17:33:23 PDT 2021; root:xnu-8019.41.5~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
> 
> $ sudo dovecot -F
> Oct 27 10:11:18 service(log): Fatal: setrlimit(RLIMIT_DATA, 268435456): Invalid argument
> 
> $ mount
> /dev/disk1s2s1 on / (apfs, sealed, local, read-only, journaled)
> devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
> /dev/disk1s5 on /System/Volumes/VM (apfs, local, noexec, journaled, noatime, nobrowse)
> /dev/disk1s3 on /System/Volumes/Preboot (apfs, local, journaled, nobrowse)
> /dev/disk1s6 on /System/Volumes/Update (apfs, local, jour naled, nobrowse)
> /dev/disk1s1 on /System/Volumes/Data (apfs, local, journaled, nobrowse)
> 
> $ sudo dovecot -n
> # 2.3.16 (7e2e900c1a): /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> # Pigeonhole version 0.5.16 (09c29328)
> # OS: Darwin 21.1.0 x86_64 apfs
> # Hostname: dfelicia-mac
> default_internal_group = mail
> default_internal_user = _dovecot
> default_login_user = _dovenull
> first_valid_uid = 100
> listen = 127.0.0.1
> log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log
> mail_location = maildir:/usr/local/var/mail/%u
> managesieve_notify_capability = mailto
> managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date index ihave duplicate mime foreverypart extracttext
> 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 {
> args = login
> driver = pam
> }
> protocols = imap
> service imap-login {
> inet_listener imap {
> address = 127.0.0.1
> port = 143
> }
> inet_listener imaps {
> address = 127.0.0.1
> ssl = no
> }
> }
> ssl = no
> userdb {
> driver = passwd
> }
> 
> $ ulimit -Ha
> core file size (blocks, -c) unlimited
> data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited
> file size (blocks, -f) unlimited
> max locked memory (kbytes, -l) unlimited
> max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited
> open files (-n) unlimited
> pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 1
> stack size (kbytes, -s) 65532
> cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited
> max user processes (-u) 2784
> virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited
> 
> 
> <dovecot-sysreport-dfelicia-mac-1635346907.tgz>

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