On 26/08/2010 20:46, Carlos Mennens wrote:
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Timo Sirainentss@iki.fi wrote:
On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 14:52 -0400, Carlos Mennens wrote:
The list was much longer but I was able to self resolve them. I was wondering if someone here can assist me in converting my 'dovecot.conf' file? doveconf -n> dovecot-new.conf
I ran that command and unless I am missing something...it didn't help.
[root@mail conf.d]# doveconf -n> dovecot-new.conf doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:12: add auth_ prefix to all settings inside auth {} and remove the auth {} section completely The command Timo gave you writes out the new configuration to dovecot-new.conf. You need
I recommend you backup your existing configuration first, then try and replace it. Like so:
$ cd /etc/dovecot/ $ cp dovecot.conf dovecot.conf-backup-v1 $ dovecot -n > dovecot-new.conf (compare dovecot-new.conf, make sure it looks sane) $ mv dovecot-new.conf dovecot.conf
Now restart the daemon. It is very important that you backup the existing configuration in case and also that you think about what each command does before entering it.
David