I am trying to install dovecot 2.2.12 from source on slackware 14.0 Compilation and install work without error. doveconf -n # 2.2.12: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.45 x86_64 Slackware 14.0 auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u 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 { driver = shadow } protocols = imap lmtp pop3 service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd }
Seems to start ok. No errors reported in logs. Checked location of logs with "doveadm log find"
telnet localhost 143 Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'
No imap prompt. Still no errors. Tried doveadm bash-4.2# doveadm auth test fulford Password: doveadm(root): Error: Timeout waiting for handshake from auth server. my pid=8881, input bytes=0 doveadm(root): Fatal: Couldn't connect to auth socket bash-4.2# ls -l /var/run/dovecot/aut* srw------- 1 dovecot root 0 Mar 9 01:01 /var/run/dovecot/auth-client srw------- 1 dovecot root 0 Mar 9 01:01 /var/run/dovecot/auth-login srw------- 1 root root 0 Mar 9 01:01 /var/run/dovecot/auth-master srw-rw-rw- 1 dovecot root 0 Mar 9 01:01 /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb srw------- 1 dovecot root 0 Mar 9 01:01 /var/run/dovecot/auth-worker
I can't find anyone else having this problem. What am I doing wrong?