Re: Localhost imap server fails after upgrade from 2.2.33.2-1 to 1:2.3.2.1 (fwd)
Hi Aki,
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 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-ubuntu/ )
> > > > >
> > > > > 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
> > > >
> >Am I assuming correctly that you are not, in fact, running anything but imap process from Dovecot?
Aki
On 31 December 2018 at 18:35 Chris BL cpblpublic+dovecot@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Aki,
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 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-ubuntu/ ) > > > > > > > > > > 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,
I am not 100% sure. I do not really know what my OS does. "ps -A" says dovecot is running, but if I say "sudo service dovecot stop", my email client works fine still (that is, assuming the old version of dovecot is installed). ie the on-demand instances of dovecot-imapd that Alpine calls are, I assume, started and stopped by Alpine. (?)
Is my OS using dovecot for other stuff, like managing system mail (e.g. root's reports of cron jobs, which still go to /var/mail, but I never read them)? I am not certain. But I believed that any other use of dovecot would be using a different .conf file, so I was hoping I just had to know how to make my custom one (-c flag) work.
Thanks, Chris
On Mon, 31 Dec 2018, Aki Tuomi wrote:
Am I assuming correctly that you are not, in fact, running anything but imap process from Dovecot?
Aki
On 31 December 2018 at 18:35 Chris BL cpblpublic+dovecot@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Aki,
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 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-ubuntu/ ) > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > >
If your client directly executes imap binary, it is not mandatory for dovecot to be running, but you need to put the service section into /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf and restart the dovecot service.
Putting it to your local config file does not affect the global service.
Aki
On 31 December 2018 at 22:16 Chris BL cpblpublic+dovecot@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Aki,
I am not 100% sure. I do not really know what my OS does. "ps -A" says dovecot is running, but if I say "sudo service dovecot stop", my email client works fine still (that is, assuming the old version of dovecot is installed). ie the on-demand instances of dovecot-imapd that Alpine calls are, I assume, started and stopped by Alpine. (?)
Is my OS using dovecot for other stuff, like managing system mail (e.g. root's reports of cron jobs, which still go to /var/mail, but I never read them)? I am not certain. But I believed that any other use of dovecot would be using a different .conf file, so I was hoping I just had to know how to make my custom one (-c flag) work.
Thanks, Chris
On Mon, 31 Dec 2018, Aki Tuomi wrote:
Am I assuming correctly that you are not, in fact, running anything but imap process from Dovecot?
Aki
On 31 December 2018 at 18:35 Chris BL cpblpublic+dovecot@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Aki,
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 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-ubuntu/ ) > > > > > > > > > > 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,
Bingo! Putting that line in dovecot.conf rather than my custom file, and then using my old custom file, unchanged, from Alpine works perfectly.
My only remaining question, then, would be ... what was this (change) about / or is there any documentation that I should/could have read to know what to do without asking a lead developer?
Thank you very much.
I hope you had a great start to the New Year!
Happy 2019, Chris
On Mon, 31 Dec 2018, Aki Tuomi wrote:
If your client directly executes imap binary, it is not mandatory for dovecot to be running, but you need to put the service section into /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf and restart the dovecot service.
Putting it to your local config file does not affect the global service.
Aki
On 31 December 2018 at 22:16 Chris BL cpblpublic+dovecot@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Aki,
I am not 100% sure. I do not really know what my OS does. "ps -A" says dovecot is running, but if I say "sudo service dovecot stop", my email client works fine still (that is, assuming the old version of dovecot is installed). ie the on-demand instances of dovecot-imapd that Alpine calls are, I assume, started and stopped by Alpine. (?)
Is my OS using dovecot for other stuff, like managing system mail (e.g. root's reports of cron jobs, which still go to /var/mail, but I never read them)? I am not certain. But I believed that any other use of dovecot would be using a different .conf file, so I was hoping I just had to know how to make my custom one (-c flag) work.
Thanks, Chris
On Mon, 31 Dec 2018, Aki Tuomi wrote:
Am I assuming correctly that you are not, in fact, running anything but imap process from Dovecot?
Aki
On 31 December 2018 at 18:35 Chris BL cpblpublic+dovecot@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Aki,
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 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-ubuntu/ ) > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > >
We are working on fixing this.
Aki
On 31 December 2018 at 23:45 Chris BL cpblpublic+dovecot@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Aki,
Bingo! Putting that line in dovecot.conf rather than my custom file, and then using my old custom file, unchanged, from Alpine works perfectly.
My only remaining question, then, would be ... what was this (change) about / or is there any documentation that I should/could have read to know what to do without asking a lead developer?
Thank you very much.
I hope you had a great start to the New Year!
Happy 2019, Chris
On Mon, 31 Dec 2018, Aki Tuomi wrote:
If your client directly executes imap binary, it is not mandatory for dovecot to be running, but you need to put the service section into /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf and restart the dovecot service.
Putting it to your local config file does not affect the global service.
Aki
On 31 December 2018 at 22:16 Chris BL cpblpublic+dovecot@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Aki,
I am not 100% sure. I do not really know what my OS does. "ps -A" says dovecot is running, but if I say "sudo service dovecot stop", my email client works fine still (that is, assuming the old version of dovecot is installed). ie the on-demand instances of dovecot-imapd that Alpine calls are, I assume, started and stopped by Alpine. (?)
Is my OS using dovecot for other stuff, like managing system mail (e.g. root's reports of cron jobs, which still go to /var/mail, but I never read them)? I am not certain. But I believed that any other use of dovecot would be using a different .conf file, so I was hoping I just had to know how to make my custom one (-c flag) work.
Thanks, Chris
On Mon, 31 Dec 2018, Aki Tuomi wrote:
Am I assuming correctly that you are not, in fact, running anything but imap process from Dovecot?
Aki
On 31 December 2018 at 18:35 Chris BL cpblpublic+dovecot@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Aki,
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 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-ubuntu/ ) > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > >
Op 31/12/2018 om 22:51 schreef Aki Tuomi:
We are working on fixing this.
Internally tracked as DOP-838.
Regards,
Stephan.
On 31 December 2018 at 23:45 Chris BL cpblpublic+dovecot@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Aki,
Bingo! Putting that line in dovecot.conf rather than my custom file, and then using my old custom file, unchanged, from Alpine works perfectly.
My only remaining question, then, would be ... what was this (change) about / or is there any documentation that I should/could have read to know what to do without asking a lead developer?
Thank you very much.
I hope you had a great start to the New Year!
Happy 2019, Chris
On Mon, 31 Dec 2018, Aki Tuomi wrote:
If your client directly executes imap binary, it is not mandatory for dovecot to be running, but you need to put the service section into /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf and restart the dovecot service.
Putting it to your local config file does not affect the global service.
Aki
On 31 December 2018 at 22:16 Chris BL cpblpublic+dovecot@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Aki,
I am not 100% sure. I do not really know what my OS does. "ps -A" says dovecot is running, but if I say "sudo service dovecot stop", my email client works fine still (that is, assuming the old version of dovecot is installed). ie the on-demand instances of dovecot-imapd that Alpine calls are, I assume, started and stopped by Alpine. (?)
Is my OS using dovecot for other stuff, like managing system mail (e.g. root's reports of cron jobs, which still go to /var/mail, but I never read them)? I am not certain. But I believed that any other use of dovecot would be using a different .conf file, so I was hoping I just had to know how to make my custom one (-c flag) work.
Thanks, Chris
On Mon, 31 Dec 2018, Aki Tuomi wrote:
Am I assuming correctly that you are not, in fact, running anything but imap process from Dovecot?
Aki
On 31 December 2018 at 18:35 Chris BL cpblpublic+dovecot@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Aki,
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 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-ubuntu/ ) > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > >
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