Localhost imap server fails after upgrade from 2.2.33.2-1 to 1:2.3.2.1
I use a localhost dovecot imap server in order to access maildir folders from Alpine (see 2009 instructions for my set up here https://cpbl.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/alpine-offlineimap-and-gmail-under-ubu... )
My configuration has worked nicely since 2009, but failed after a recent upgrade of dovecot (during basic upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 to 18.10).
The version of Alpine did not change. Uninstalling dovecot-core and dovecot-imapd, and reinstalling the older versions, fully fixes the problem.
I would like to know how to get my configuration working with the new version of dovecot.
Here's what the problem looks like:
I have a file auto-dovecot.conf with only the following two lines.
verbose_proctitle = yes mail_location = maildir:/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford:LAYOUT=fs:INBOX=/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford/INBOX
Other /etc/ files are unchanged from installation defaults.
Alpine calls imapd when it starts, with the following command:
/usr/lib/dovecot/imap -c /home/meuser/dotfiles/auto-dovecot.conf
When I run that command, I get:
imap(meuser,)Error: net_connect_unix(/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer) failed: Permission denied
- PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE SNIPPET=FUZZY LITERAL+ NOTIFY] Logged in as meuser
so I am guessing that the first line is the issue, since when the older version I get instead:
- PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE] Logged in as meuser
Can anyone help me? I cannot find documentation for using a localhost server for Alpine, except my own from 2009.
Many thanks!
Chris
Hi!
In your case it's probably easiest to change
service stats { unix_listener stats-writer { mode = 0666 } }
Aki
On 31 December 2018 at 16:05 cpblpublic+dovecot@gmail.com wrote:
I use a localhost dovecot imap server in order to access maildir folders from Alpine (see 2009 instructions for my set up here https://cpbl.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/alpine-offlineimap-and-gmail-under-ubu... )
My configuration has worked nicely since 2009, but failed after a recent upgrade of dovecot (during basic upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 to 18.10).
The version of Alpine did not change. Uninstalling dovecot-core and dovecot-imapd, and reinstalling the older versions, fully fixes the problem.
I would like to know how to get my configuration working with the new version of dovecot.
Here's what the problem looks like:
I have a file auto-dovecot.conf with only the following two lines.
verbose_proctitle = yes mail_location = maildir:/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford:LAYOUT=fs:INBOX=/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford/INBOX
Other /etc/ files are unchanged from installation defaults.
Alpine calls imapd when it starts, with the following command:
/usr/lib/dovecot/imap -c /home/meuser/dotfiles/auto-dovecot.conf
When I run that command, I get:
imap(meuser,)Error: net_connect_unix(/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer) failed: Permission denied
- PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE SNIPPET=FUZZY LITERAL+ NOTIFY] Logged in as meuser
so I am guessing that the first line is the issue, since when the older version I get instead:
- PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE] Logged in as meuser
Can anyone help me? I cannot find documentation for using a localhost server for Alpine, except my own from 2009.
Many thanks!
Chris
Hi Aki,
Thanks. I put that in the .conf file I mentioned, and it made no difference.
Chris
Hi!
In your case it's probably easiest to change
service stats { unix_listener stats-writer { mode = 0666 } }
Aki
On 31 December 2018 at 16:05 cpblpublic+dovecot@gmail.com wrote:
I use a localhost dovecot imap server in order to access maildir folders from Alpine (see 2009 instructions for my set up here https://cpbl.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/alpine-offlineimap-and-gmail-under-ubu... )
My configuration has worked nicely since 2009, but failed after a recent upgrade of dovecot (during basic upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 to 18.10).
The version of Alpine did not change. Uninstalling dovecot-core and dovecot-imapd, and reinstalling the older versions, fully fixes the problem.
I would like to know how to get my configuration working with the new version of dovecot.
Here's what the problem looks like:
I have a file auto-dovecot.conf with only the following two lines.
verbose_proctitle = yes mail_location = maildir:/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford:LAYOUT=fs:INBOX=/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford/INBOX
Other /etc/ files are unchanged from installation defaults.
Alpine calls imapd when it starts, with the following command:
/usr/lib/dovecot/imap -c /home/meuser/dotfiles/auto-dovecot.conf
When I run that command, I get:
imap(meuser,)Error: net_connect_unix(/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer) failed: Permission denied
- PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE SNIPPET=FUZZY LITERAL+ NOTIFY] Logged in as meuser
so I am guessing that the first line is the issue, since when the older version I get instead:
- PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE] Logged in as meuser
Can anyone help me? I cannot find documentation for using a localhost server for Alpine, except my own from 2009.
Many thanks!
Chris
You are still getting the connect error?
Can you share your doveconf -n?
Aki
On 31 December 2018 at 16:42 cpblpublic+dovecot@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Aki,
Thanks. I put that in the .conf file I mentioned, and it made no difference.
Chris
Hi!
In your case it's probably easiest to change
service stats { unix_listener stats-writer { mode = 0666 } }
Aki
On 31 December 2018 at 16:05 cpblpublic+dovecot@gmail.com wrote:
I use a localhost dovecot imap server in order to access maildir folders from Alpine (see 2009 instructions for my set up here https://cpbl.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/alpine-offlineimap-and-gmail-under-ubu... )
My configuration has worked nicely since 2009, but failed after a recent upgrade of dovecot (during basic upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 to 18.10).
The version of Alpine did not change. Uninstalling dovecot-core and dovecot-imapd, and reinstalling the older versions, fully fixes the problem.
I would like to know how to get my configuration working with the new version of dovecot.
Here's what the problem looks like:
I have a file auto-dovecot.conf with only the following two lines.
verbose_proctitle = yes mail_location = maildir:/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford:LAYOUT=fs:INBOX=/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford/INBOX
Other /etc/ files are unchanged from installation defaults.
Alpine calls imapd when it starts, with the following command:
/usr/lib/dovecot/imap -c /home/meuser/dotfiles/auto-dovecot.conf
When I run that command, I get:
imap(meuser,)Error: net_connect_unix(/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer) failed: Permission denied
- PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE SNIPPET=FUZZY LITERAL+ NOTIFY] Logged in as meuser
so I am guessing that the first line is the issue, since when the older version I get instead:
- PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE] Logged in as meuser
Can anyone help me? I cannot find documentation for using a localhost server for Alpine, except my own from 2009.
Many thanks!
Chris
Hi Aki,
Yes, the same connect error: imap(meuser,)Error: net_connect_unix(/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer) failed: Permission denied
The mail location in "doveconf -n" (belo) does not reflect my preferences.
In Alpine, if I acknowledge the error I get, which tells me to add novalidate-cert in my pinerc file, it prompts me for my POSIX username and password. After that, I get my /var/spool/mail inbox, which is not what I want.
doveconf -n # 2.3.2.1 (0719df592): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.5.2 () # OS: Linux 4.18.0-13-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 18.10 # Hostname: myhost-t450s mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mail_privileged_group = mail 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 = pam } protocols = " imap" ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem ssl_client_ca_dir = /etc/ssl/certs ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it userdb { driver = passwd }
On Mon, 31 Dec 2018, Aki Tuomi wrote:
You are still getting the connect error?
Can you share your doveconf -n?
Aki
On 31 December 2018 at 16:42 cpblpublic+dovecot@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Aki,
Thanks. I put that in the .conf file I mentioned, and it made no difference.
Chris
Hi!
In your case it's probably easiest to change
service stats { unix_listener stats-writer { mode = 0666 } }
Aki
On 31 December 2018 at 16:05 cpblpublic+dovecot@gmail.com wrote:
I use a localhost dovecot imap server in order to access maildir folders from Alpine (see 2009 instructions for my set up here https://cpbl.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/alpine-offlineimap-and-gmail-under-ubu... )
My configuration has worked nicely since 2009, but failed after a recent upgrade of dovecot (during basic upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 to 18.10).
The version of Alpine did not change. Uninstalling dovecot-core and dovecot-imapd, and reinstalling the older versions, fully fixes the problem.
I would like to know how to get my configuration working with the new version of dovecot.
Here's what the problem looks like:
I have a file auto-dovecot.conf with only the following two lines.
verbose_proctitle = yes mail_location = maildir:/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford:LAYOUT=fs:INBOX=/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford/INBOX
Other /etc/ files are unchanged from installation defaults.
Alpine calls imapd when it starts, with the following command:
/usr/lib/dovecot/imap -c /home/meuser/dotfiles/auto-dovecot.conf
When I run that command, I get:
imap(meuser,)Error: net_connect_unix(/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer) failed: Permission denied
- PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE SNIPPET=FUZZY LITERAL+ NOTIFY] Logged in as meuser
so I am guessing that the first line is the issue, since when the older version I get instead:
- PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE] Logged in as meuser
Can anyone help me? I cannot find documentation for using a localhost server for Alpine, except my own from 2009.
Many thanks!
Chris
Did you remove the service section before taking doveconf -n? 'cos I can't see it here..
Also, did you restart dovecot after config change?
Aki
On 31 December 2018 at 16:54 Chris BL <cpblpublic+dovecot@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Aki,
Yes, the same connect error: imap(meuser,)Error: net_connect_unix(/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer) failed: Permission denied
The mail location in "doveconf -n" (belo) does not reflect my preferences.
In Alpine, if I acknowledge the error I get, which tells me to add novalidate-cert in my pinerc file, it prompts me for my POSIX username and password. After that, I get my /var/spool/mail inbox, which is not what I want.
doveconf -n # 2.3.2.1 (0719df592): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.5.2 () # OS: Linux 4.18.0-13-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 18.10 # Hostname: myhost-t450s mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mail_privileged_group = mail 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 = pam } protocols = " imap" ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem ssl_client_ca_dir = /etc/ssl/certs ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it userdb { driver = passwd }
On Mon, 31 Dec 2018, Aki Tuomi wrote:
You are still getting the connect error?
Can you share your doveconf -n?
Aki
On 31 December 2018 at 16:42 cpblpublic+dovecot@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Aki,
Thanks. I put that in the .conf file I mentioned, and it made no difference.
Chris
Hi!
In your case it's probably easiest to change
service stats { unix_listener stats-writer { mode = 0666 } }
Aki
On 31 December 2018 at 16:05 cpblpublic+dovecot@gmail.com wrote:
I use a localhost dovecot imap server in order to access maildir folders from Alpine (see 2009 instructions for my set up here https://cpbl.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/alpine-offlineimap-and-gmail-under-ubu... )
My configuration has worked nicely since 2009, but failed after a recent upgrade of dovecot (during basic upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 to 18.10).
The version of Alpine did not change. Uninstalling dovecot-core and dovecot-imapd, and reinstalling the older versions, fully fixes the problem.
I would like to know how to get my configuration working with the new version of dovecot.
Here's what the problem looks like:
I have a file auto-dovecot.conf with only the following two lines.
verbose_proctitle = yes mail_location = maildir:/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford:LAYOUT=fs:INBOX=/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford/INBOX
Other /etc/ files are unchanged from installation defaults.
Alpine calls imapd when it starts, with the following command:
/usr/lib/dovecot/imap -c /home/meuser/dotfiles/auto-dovecot.conf
When I run that command, I get:
imap(meuser,)Error: net_connect_unix(/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer) failed: Permission denied
- PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE SNIPPET=FUZZY LITERAL+ NOTIFY] Logged in as meuser
so I am guessing that the first line is the issue, since when the older version I get instead:
- PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE] Logged in as meuser
Can anyone help me? I cannot find documentation for using a localhost server for Alpine, except my own from 2009.
Many thanks!
Chris
Hi Aki, (This message might not make it to the list; I have to switch back to the other dovecot to be able to send from that address)
Oops; I did not think carefully enough about your instructions. Here is the output from
$ dovecot -n -c /home/meuser/dotfiles/auto-stanford-dovecot.conf
# 2.3.2.1 (0719df592): /home/meuser/dotfiles/auto-stanford-dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.5.2 () # OS: Linux 4.18.0-13-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 18.10 ext4 # Hostname: cpbl-t450s doveconf: Warning: please set ssl_dh=</etc/dovecot/dh.pem doveconf: Warning: You can generate it with: dd if=/var/lib/dovecot/ssl-parameters.dat bs=1 skip=88 | openssl dhparam -inform der > /etc/dovecot/dh.pem mail_location = maildir:/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford:LAYOUT=fs:INBOX=/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford/INBOX service stats { unix_listener stats-writer { mode = 0666 } } ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it verbose_proctitle = yes
I then followed the instructions in the Warning lines above and now I get:
dovecot -n -c /home/meuser/dotfiles/auto-stanford-dovecot.conf # 2.3.2.1 (0719df592): /home/meuser/dotfiles/auto-stanford-dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.5.2 () # OS: Linux 4.18.0-13-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 18.10 ext4 # Hostname: cpbl-t450s mail_location = maildir:/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford:LAYOUT=fs:INBOX=/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford/INBOX service stats { unix_listener stats-writer { mode = 0666 } } ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it verbose_proctitle = yes
However, this does not help my primary symptom:
$ /usr/lib/dovecot/imap -c /home/meuser/dotfiles/auto-stanford-dovecot.conf imap(meuser,)Error: net_connect_unix(/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer) failed: Permission denied
- PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE SNIPPET=FUZZY LITERAL+ NOTIFY] Logged in as meuser
Thanks! Chris
On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 10:27 AM Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi@open-xchange.com> wrote:
Did you remove the service section before taking doveconf -n? 'cos I can't see it here..
Also, did you restart dovecot after config change?
Aki
On 31 December 2018 at 16:54 Chris BL <cpblpublic+dovecot@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Aki,
Yes, the same connect error: imap(meuser,)Error: net_connect_unix(/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer) failed: Permission denied
The mail location in "doveconf -n" (belo) does not reflect my preferences.
In Alpine, if I acknowledge the error I get, which tells me to add novalidate-cert in my pinerc file, it prompts me for my POSIX username and password. After that, I get my /var/spool/mail inbox, which is not what I want.
doveconf -n # 2.3.2.1 (0719df592): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.5.2 () # OS: Linux 4.18.0-13-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 18.10 # Hostname: myhost-t450s mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mail_privileged_group = mail 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 = pam } protocols = " imap" ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem ssl_client_ca_dir = /etc/ssl/certs ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it userdb { driver = passwd }
On Mon, 31 Dec 2018, Aki Tuomi wrote:
You are still getting the connect error?
Can you share your doveconf -n?
Aki
On 31 December 2018 at 16:42 cpblpublic+dovecot@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Aki,
Thanks. I put that in the .conf file I mentioned, and it made no difference.
Chris
Hi!
In your case it's probably easiest to change
service stats { unix_listener stats-writer { mode = 0666 } }
Aki
On 31 December 2018 at 16:05 cpblpublic+dovecot@gmail.com wrote:
I use a localhost dovecot imap server in order to access maildir folders from Alpine (see 2009 instructions for my set up here
https://cpbl.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/alpine-offlineimap-and-gmail-under-ubu... )
My configuration has worked nicely since 2009, but failed after
a recent upgrade of dovecot (during basic upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 to 18.10).
The version of Alpine did not change. Uninstalling dovecot-core
and dovecot-imapd, and reinstalling the older versions, fully fixes the problem.
I would like to know how to get my configuration working with
the new version of dovecot.
Here's what the problem looks like:
I have a file auto-dovecot.conf with only the following two
lines.
verbose_proctitle = yes mail_location =
maildir:/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford:LAYOUT=fs:INBOX=/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford/INBOX
Other /etc/ files are unchanged from installation defaults.
Alpine calls imapd when it starts, with the following command:
/usr/lib/dovecot/imap -c /home/meuser/dotfiles/auto-dovecot.conf
When I run that command, I get:
imap(meuser,)Error:
- PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE SNIPPET=FUZZY LITERAL+ NOTIFY] Logged in as meuser
so I am guessing that the first line is the issue, since when
net_connect_unix(/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer) failed: Permission denied the older version I get instead:
- PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS
ID ENABLE
IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE] Logged in as meuser
Can anyone help me? I cannot find documentation for using a localhost server for Alpine, except my own from 2009.
Many thanks!
Chris
Op 31/12/2018 om 16:53 schreef Chris Barrington-Leigh:
I then followed the instructions in the Warning lines above and now I get:
dovecot -n -c /home/meuser/dotfiles/auto-stanford-dovecot.conf # 2.3.2.1 (0719df592): /home/meuser/dotfiles/auto-stanford-dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.5.2 () # OS: Linux 4.18.0-13-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 18.10 ext4 # Hostname: cpbl-t450s mail_location = maildir:/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford:LAYOUT=fs:INBOX=/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford/INBOX service stats { unix_listener stats-writer { mode = 0666 } } ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it verbose_proctitle = yes
However, this does not help my primary symptom:
$ /usr/lib/dovecot/imap -c /home/meuser/dotfiles/auto-stanford-dovecot.conf imap(meuser,)Error: net_connect_unix(/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer) failed: Permission denied
- PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE SNIPPET=FUZZY LITERAL+ NOTIFY] Logged in as meuser
I notice that you use an explicit configuration file for your imap invocation. Which likely means that this is something different from the config used the main dovecot service running on your system. That service block needs to be in the configuration of the dovecot instance running the stats service (which is likely just the main /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf). Given the location of your own config file, I'm assuming you cannot manage the main dovecot instance?
BTW, there is a related thread with a different solution to this issue:
https://www.dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2019-January/114151.html
We're still working on getting that bug fixed, so that will not help you immediately, unless you can patch dovecot.
BTW, I find it a bit weird that Alpine would fail on this. It is not a fatal error, so the imap service will just work. The error is sent to /dev/stderr, so I'd normally expect a service like Alpine to be able to ignore output sent there.
The question below is about the same issue and their config suggests that stderr is sent to a log file:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1104056/how-to-use-local-dovecot-imap-with-a...
So, I really don't understand what the core of the problem is. Why does Alpine fail on this at all?
Regards,
Stephan.
Hello Stephan,
I'm interested to see this get fixed (and ideally one day for it to be really easy for people to set up Alpine so that it competes fairly with heavier GUIs!), but I do not know that I am qualified to help (beyond light testing). Is there someone from Alpine on this thread? The second (askubuntu.com) link you give is my own question (and answer, based on Aki Tuomi's earlier responses).
Thanks and best wishes, Chris
On Sun, 6 Jan 2019, Stephan Bosch wrote:
Op 31/12/2018 om 16:53 schreef Chris Barrington-Leigh:
I then followed the instructions in the Warning lines above and now I get:
dovecot -n -c /home/meuser/dotfiles/auto-stanford-dovecot.conf # 2.3.2.1 (0719df592): /home/meuser/dotfiles/auto-stanford-dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.5.2 () # OS: Linux 4.18.0-13-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 18.10 ext4 # Hostname: cpbl-t450s mail_location = maildir:/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford:LAYOUT=fs:INBOX=/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford/INBOX service stats { unix_listener stats-writer { mode = 0666 } } ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it verbose_proctitle = yes
However, this does not help my primary symptom:
$ /usr/lib/dovecot/imap -c /home/meuser/dotfiles/auto-stanford-dovecot.conf imap(meuser,)Error: net_connect_unix(/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer) failed: Permission denied
- PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE SNIPPET=FUZZY LITERAL+ NOTIFY] Logged in as meuser
I notice that you use an explicit configuration file for your imap invocation. Which likely means that this is something different from the config used the main dovecot service running on your system. That service block needs to be in the configuration of the dovecot instance running the stats service (which is likely just the main /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf). Given the location of your own config file, I'm assuming you cannot manage the main dovecot instance?
BTW, there is a related thread with a different solution to this issue:
https://www.dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2019-January/114151.html
We're still working on getting that bug fixed, so that will not help you immediately, unless you can patch dovecot.
BTW, I find it a bit weird that Alpine would fail on this. It is not a fatal error, so the imap service will just work. The error is sent to /dev/stderr, so I'd normally expect a service like Alpine to be able to ignore output sent there.
The question below is about the same issue and their config suggests that stderr is sent to a log file:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1104056/how-to-use-local-dovecot-imap-with-a...
So, I really don't understand what the core of the problem is. Why does Alpine fail on this at all?
Regards,
Stephan.
Op 06/01/2019 om 15:29 schreef Chris BL:
Hello Stephan,
I'm interested to see this get fixed (and ideally one day for it to be really easy for people to set up Alpine so that it competes fairly with heavier GUIs!), but I do not know that I am qualified to help (beyond light testing). Is there someone from Alpine on this thread?
The trigger for this problem is being worked on (tracked internally as DOP-838). The overall Alpine issue I don't know.
The second (askubuntu.com) link you give is my own question (and answer, based on Aki Tuomi's earlier responses). Oh, lol :)
Regards,
Stephan.
On Sun, 6 Jan 2019, Stephan Bosch wrote:
Op 31/12/2018 om 16:53 schreef Chris Barrington-Leigh:
I then followed the instructions in the Warning lines above and now I get:
dovecot -n -c /home/meuser/dotfiles/auto-stanford-dovecot.conf # 2.3.2.1 (0719df592): /home/meuser/dotfiles/auto-stanford-dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.5.2 () # OS: Linux 4.18.0-13-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 18.10 ext4 # Hostname: cpbl-t450s mail_location = maildir:/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford:LAYOUT=fs:INBOX=/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford/INBOX service stats { unix_listener stats-writer { mode = 0666 } } ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it verbose_proctitle = yes
However, this does not help my primary symptom:
$ /usr/lib/dovecot/imap -c /home/meuser/dotfiles/auto-stanford-dovecot.conf imap(meuser,)Error: net_connect_unix(/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer) failed: Permission denied
- PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE SNIPPET=FUZZY LITERAL+ NOTIFY] Logged in as meuser
I notice that you use an explicit configuration file for your imap invocation. Which likely means that this is something different from the config used the main dovecot service running on your system. That service block needs to be in the configuration of the dovecot instance running the stats service (which is likely just the main /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf). Given the location of your own config file, I'm assuming you cannot manage the main dovecot instance?
BTW, there is a related thread with a different solution to this issue:
https://www.dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2019-January/114151.html
We're still working on getting that bug fixed, so that will not help you immediately, unless you can patch dovecot.
BTW, I find it a bit weird that Alpine would fail on this. It is not a fatal error, so the imap service will just work. The error is sent to /dev/stderr, so I'd normally expect a service like Alpine to be able to ignore output sent there.
The question below is about the same issue and their config suggests that stderr is sent to a log file:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1104056/how-to-use-local-dovecot-imap-with-a...
So, I really don't understand what the core of the problem is. Why does Alpine fail on this at all?
Regards,
Stephan.
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Aki Tuomi
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Chris Barrington-Leigh
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Chris BL
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cpblpublic+dovecot＠gmail.com
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Stephan Bosch