On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:04:01 +0200 (CEST), Steffen Kaiser skdovecot@smail.inf.fh-brs.de articulated:
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010, Jerry wrote:
ssl_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem
They're the defaults, most likely. dovecot -a displays all settings in effect.
I am not sure why "dovecot -n" does not show them. I also noticed another error. At the end of the output of "dovecot -n" is this notation:
Which error?
client: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-client mode: 438
438 is the decimal form of the octal 0660
However, in my conf file, it is listed like this:(snippet)
client { path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client mode = 0666
Now I see. I think a simple notation indicating that it was displaying the decimal form might have been useful. Since it is working correctly now, I assume that dovecot can accept either the decimal or octal forms.
Question: What would have happened if I had just entered: 660? Would dovecot have internally converted it to decimal: 102? That does not seem like a good idea.
Note: I believe, and that is subject to review, that decimal 438 = octal 666. Decimal 438 = octal 0660. (comments)
BTW, I was not aware of the '-a' flag. Besides '-a' & '-n' are there any others?
Thanks for your feedback.
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