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 = </etc/pki/tls/certs/mail_acmewidgets_net.crt

ssl_key = </etc/pki/tls/private/mail_acmewidgets_net.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