After building and install dovecot I then made my own self signed SSL certs and placed them carefully into the correct places :

Thus :

# grep -v "^#" dovecot-openssl.cnf | grep -v "^$" [ req ] default_bits = 1024 encrypt_key = yes distinguished_name = req_dn x509_extensions = cert_type prompt = no [ req_dn ] C=CA ST=Ontario L=Toronto O=Blastwave OU=IMAP server CN=titan.blastwave.org emailAddress=postmaster@blastwave.org [ cert_type ] nsCertType = server

# /opt/csw/bin/openssl req -new -x509 -nodes -config ./dovecot-openssl.cnf -out /etc/opt/csw/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem -keyout /etc/opt/csw/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem -days 365 Generating a 1024 bit RSA private key ...........................++++++ ....................++++++ writing new private key to '/etc/opt/csw/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem'

# ls -l /etc/opt/csw/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem /etc/opt/csw/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem -rw-r--r-- 1 root other 1050 Jul 5 23:58 /etc/opt/csw/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem -rw-r--r-- 1 root other 887 Jul 5 23:58 /etc/opt/csw/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem #

I then checked things out with a dovecot -n :

# /opt/csw/sbin/dovecot -n # 1.2.12: /etc/opt/csw/dovecot/dovecot.conf Warning: fd limit 256 is lower than what Dovecot can use under full load (more than 576). Either grow the limit or change login_max_processes_count and max_mail_processes settings # OS: SunOS 5.8 i86pc base_dir: /var/opt/csw/dovecot/ log_path: /var/opt/csw/dovecot/error.log info_log_path: /var/opt/csw/dovecot/message.log ssl_cert_file: /etc/opt/csw/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/opt/csw/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem login_dir: /var/opt/csw/dovecot login_executable: /opt/csw/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_greeting: Dovecot from Blastwave.org is ready. login_max_processes_count: 64 mail_location: mbox:%h/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u auth default: passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd

Other than the warning it looks ready to run.

I fire up the init script :

# /etc/opt/csw/init.d/cswdovecot start dovecot service starting.

ps -ef confirms that things are happening :

# ps -ef UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD root 0 0 0 Jun 15 ? 0:16 sched root 1 0 0 Jun 15 ? 0:24 /etc/init - root 2 0 0 Jun 15 ? 0:00 pageout root 3 0 0 Jun 15 ? 10:37 fsflush root 331 1 0 Jun 15 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/saf/sac -t 300 root 334 331 0 Jun 15 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/saf/ttymon root 153 1 0 Jun 15 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/rpcbind root 392 196 0 Jun 16 ? 0:00 in.telnetd root 75 1 0 Jun 15 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/sysevent/syseventd root 149 1 0 Jun 15 ? 0:43 /usr/lib/ldap/ldap_cachemgr root 199 1 0 Jun 15 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/autofs/automountd root 156 1 0 Jun 15 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/keyserv root 196 1 0 Jun 15 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/inetd -s daemon 198 1 0 Jun 15 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/nfs/statd root 234 1 0 Jun 15 ? 0:08 /usr/lib/inet/xntpd root 226 1 0 Jun 15 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron root 202 199 0 Jun 15 ? 0:42 /usr/lib/autofs/automountd root 194 1 0 Jun 15 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/nfs/lockd root 239 1 0 Jun 15 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/lpsched root 266 265 0 Jun 15 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/cs00 root 251 1 0 Jun 15 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/power/powerd root 265 1 0 Jun 15 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/cssd root 225 1 0 Jun 15 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/syslogd root 267 1 0 Jun 15 ? 0:00 /usr/bin/fgd root 264 1 0 Jun 15 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/utmpd root 290 288 0 Jun 15 ? 0:00 htt_server -port 9010 -syslog -message_locale C root 275 1 0 Jun 15 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/locale/ja/wnn/dpkeyserv root 281 1 0 Jun 15 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/locale/ja/wnn/jserver root 282 281 0 Jun 15 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/locale/ja/wnn/jserver_m root 288 1 0 Jun 15 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/im/htt -port 9010 -syslog -message_locale C root 297 1 0 Jun 15 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/locale/ja/atokserver/atokmngdaemon root 320 317 0 Jun 15 ? 6:33 mibiisa -r -p 3200 root 5500 1 0 Jun 16 console 0:00 -sh root 317 1 0 Jun 15 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/snmp/snmpdx -y -c /etc/snmp/conf root 325 1 0 Jun 15 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/dmi/snmpXdmid -s titan root 324 1 0 Jun 15 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/dmi/dmispd root 11633 11624 0 00:02:40 ? 0:00 dovecot-auth -w root 11624 1 1 00:02:39 ? 0:00 /opt/csw/sbin/dovecot -c /etc/opt/csw/dovecot/dovecot.conf sysadmin 394 392 0 Jun 16 pts/1 0:09 -sh root 10182 5500 0 Jun 19 console 0:00 /opt/csw/bin/bash dclarke 10759 10717 0 18:02:33 pts/2 0:01 /opt/csw/bin/bash root 16188 16185 0 Jun 23 pts/3 0:01 -sh root 10713 10703 0 18:01:21 ? 0:02 /opt/csw/sbin/sshd -f /etc/opt/csw/ssh/sshd_config -R root 11626 11624 0 00:02:39 ? 0:00 dovecot-auth dovecot 11629 11624 2 00:02:40 ? 0:01 imap-login root 11635 16188 1 00:02:44 pts/3 0:00 ps -ef root 10703 1 0 17:56:08 ? 0:00 /opt/csw/sbin/sshd -f /etc/opt/csw/ssh/sshd_config root 11634 11624 0 00:02:40 ? 0:00 dovecot-auth -w dclarke 10717 10715 0 18:01:38 pts/2 0:00 -sh dovecot 11628 11624 2 00:02:40 ? 0:01 imap-login root 11631 11624 5 00:02:40 ? 0:02 dict dclarke 10715 10713 0 18:01:37 ? 0:14 /opt/csw/sbin/sshd -f /etc/opt/csw/ssh/sshd_config -R root 11627 11624 0 00:02:40 ? 0:00 dovecot-auth -w root 11625 11624 11 00:02:39 ? 0:05 ssl-build-param /var/opt/csw/dovecot/lib/dovecot/ssl-parameters.dat dovecot 11630 11624 2 00:02:40 ? 0:01 imap-login root 10175 1 0 Jun 19 ? 0:00 /opt/trustedhost/sbin/sshd -f /opt/trustedhost/etc/ssh/sshd_config root 11632 11624 0 00:02:40 ? 0:00 dovecot-auth -w

I look in the area for logging and see :

# ls -lap /var/opt/csw/dovecot/ total 7292 drwxr-x--- 3 root dovecot 512 Jul 6 00:02 ./ drwxr-xr-x 6 root bin 512 Jul 5 23:40 ../ srw------- 1 root other 0 Jul 6 00:02 auth-worker.11626 srw-rw---- 1 root dovecot 0 Jul 6 00:02 default srwxrwxrwx 1 root other 0 Jul 6 00:02 dict-server lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 33 Jul 6 00:02 dovecot.conf -> /etc/opt/csw/dovecot/dovecot.conf -rw------- 1 root other 3720949 Jul 6 00:04 error.log drwxr-x--- 3 root other 512 Jul 6 00:02 lib/ -rw------- 1 root other 6 Jul 6 00:02 master.pid -rw------- 1 root other 171 Jul 6 00:02 message.log

Why is there a symlink to the dovecot.conf I have no idea but far more intersting is the very large error.log.

# tail -f /var/opt/csw/dovecot/error.log Jul 06 00:04:35 dict: Error: dict client: Broken handshake Jul 06 00:04:35 dict: Error: dict client: Broken handshake Jul 06 00:04:35 dict: Error: dict client: Broken handshake Jul 06 00:04:35 dict: Error: dict client: Broken handshake Jul 06 00:04:35 dict: Error: dict client: Broken handshake Jul 06 00:04:35 dict: Error: dict client: Broken handshake Jul 06 00:04:35 dict: Error: dict client: Broken handshake Jul 06 00:04:35 dict: Error: dict client: Broken handshake Jul 06 00:04:35 dict: Error: dict client: Broken handshake Jul 06 00:04:35 dict: Error: dict client: Broken handshake Jul 06 00:04:35 dict: Error: dict client: Broken handshake . . . many many lines.

About 100,000 lines of that.

The message.log looks innocent :

# cat /var/opt/csw/dovecot/message.log Jul 06 00:02:39 dovecot: Info: Dovecot v1.2.12 starting up Jul 06 00:02:39 dovecot: Info: Generating Diffie-Hellman parameters for the first time. This may take a while..

What's up with that "Broken handshake" ??

-- Dennis