[Dovecot] cannot use password-file for userdb

OK, I am attempting to use the userdb connection to facilitate per user migration to Maildir format from mbox. Here's the first user:

more /home/dovecot.passwd health:$1$MCtvt/Tz$FmKqU/cbWlBhKnhc5W.Ko.:1152:1152:/home/health:userdb_mail=maildir:~/Maildir

The configuration was set up as:

userdb passwd { }

I changed this to:

userdb passwd-file { args = /home/dovecot.conf }

And unfortunately the dovecot daemon dies after successfully launching.

Suggestions?

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