default_login_user should be set to the user that runs imap-login and pop3-login processes. Apparently you haven't changed that from the default dovenull, but instead have set service imap-login { user } setting directly.
On 24.5.2011, at 2.42, Joan Moreau wrote:
Here the message at restart, when using the HG version (2.0.13 works nicely)
# /etc/init.d/dovecot restart Stopping dovecot done Starting dovecot Fatal: service(ipc) User doesn't exist: dovenull (See service ipc { unix_listener /var/run/dovecot/login/ipc-proxy { user } } setting) startproc: exit status of parent of /usr/sbin/dovecot: 89
On Mon, 23 May 2011 19:18:46 +0300, Timo Sirainen wrote:
On 23.5.2011, at 18.24, Joan Moreau wrote:
Dovecot complains at start for the ipc listener not correctly configured.
What exactly is the error message?
What is the configuration scheme ?
You shouldn't have needed to do anything about it.