On 17/10/2020 19:13, Tech Support wrote:
All;
I’m trying to setup dovecot to use SSL, but I’m getting an error message in the logs. I’m getting the error imap-login: Fatal: Couldn't parse private ssl_key. I’m using a commercial cert so I know that the .crt and .key files themselves are not the problem. I have them configured like so:
ssl_cert =
ssl_key =
The crt is mode 444 and the key is mode 400.
Since the log is not giving any other information, I don’t know what the problem is. Any insight at all would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks;
Frank
Frank
it might help having the full error message that was in the log including any error code.
Despite your certainty of the private key file, that's where I would suggest looking. Is your key file in PEM format? Does it have a password?
You can use this command (without posting the output) to check an rsa kkey:
openssl rsa -in /etc/pki/tls/private/mail_acmewidgets_net.key -check
You should get somethings like:
RSA key ok writing RSA key -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- <key data is here> -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
John