dovecot-2.2.18 / net_listen_unix(...) failed: Value too large for defined data type

Dear All,

SUMMARY: Dovecot shows an issue when "localstatedir" path is too long The issue exists also with dovecot-2.2.25

CONFIGURATION: The configure options are:

./configure --prefix=${TARGET_DIR}
--sysconfdir=${TARGET_DIR}/cfg
--localstatedir=${TARGET_DIR}/var
--with-ssl=openssl
--with-sqlite
--disable-shared

RESULTS: When executing dovecot (as root), the followin message appears:

Error: service(dict): net_listen_unix(/<user>/localbin/minnowboard-turbot-applications/1.0/linux/x86_64-linux/localbin/dovecot/2.2.18/linux/x86_64-linux/var/run/dovecot/dict) failed: Value too large for defined data type Error: service(config): net_listen_unix(<user>/localbin/minnowboard-turbot-applications/1.0/linux/x86_64-linux/localbin/dovecot/2.2.18/linux/x86_64-linux/var/run/dovecot/config) failed: Value too large for defined data type

WORKAROUND: The problem is solved by defining shorten localstatedir or using base_dir = /var/run/dovecot.

It seems the path lengh causing a such issue. Path Lengh > 127

Available for additional experiments Best Regards