Strange, because it is doveconf that is crashing. You mean doveconf -c /etc/dovecot2.conf doesn't crash? No, it parses the config without errrors as far as I can see (below). It seems only to crash when called in the contect of the LDA - perhaps a permission problem that is not handled properly? On the other side, all config files and the conf.d directory are readable by everyone, just checked that. jc
doveconf: /usr/local/bin/doveconf [root@xxx jc]# /usr/local/bin/doveconf -c /etc/dovecot2.conf &> doveconf.out [root@xxx jc]# more doveconf.out # 2.0.2: /etc/dovecot2.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.3.1.el5xen i686 CentOS release 5.5 (Final) auth_anonymous_username = anonymous auth_cache_negative_ttl = 0 s auth_cache_size = 10485760 auth_cache_ttl = 1800 s (..) protocol sieve { mail_debug = yes }