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[Dovecot] dovecot won't launch
by Chad Cunningham 12 Oct '05

12 Oct '05

Hi, I downloaded the latest dovecot (1.0 alpha 3) and tried numerous installs which get me nothing. No errors, no crashes, no segfaults and no running dovecot. It just seems to silently exit. I was trying to build with mysql support but I've also tried a plain old install, just configure, make install, etc. I get nada. strace doesn't show anything, at least as far as I can tell. No messages are logged. No output to the console. Any ideas? My only guess, no idea if it matters, is that dovecot doesn't like the fact that this is a VPS (User Mode Linux, Fedora Core 3). But I don't see any reason why not, other mail servers are pretty happy... Here's the strace: -bash-3.00# strace dovecot execve("/usr/local/sbin/dovecot", ["dovecot"], [/* 17 vars */]) = 0 uname({sys="Linux", node="monkey", ...}) = 0 set_tid_address(0) = -1 ENOSYS (Function not implemented) brk(0) = 0x805eed0 access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=24400, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 24400, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40017000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libssl.so.4", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\20\226"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=211948, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 212692, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x4001d000 old_mmap(0x4004e000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x31000) = 0x4004e000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libcrypto.so.4", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0P\251\2"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=935112, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 953048, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x40051000 old_mmap(0x40125000, 69632, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xd3000) = 0x40125000 old_mmap(0x40136000, 15064, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40136000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\240S\1"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1504728, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x4013a000 old_mmap(NULL, 1219876, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x4013b000 mprotect(0x4025e000, 27940, PROT_NONE) = 0 old_mmap(0x4025f000, 16384, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x123000) = 0x4025f000 old_mmap(0x40263000, 7460, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40263000 close(3) = 0 open("/usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\360J\0"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=80948, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 79792, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x40265000 old_mmap(0x40278000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x13000) = 0x40278000 close(3) = 0 open("/usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0`\370\0"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=413704, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 413000, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x40279000 old_mmap(0x402dc000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x63000) = 0x402dc000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libcom_err.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\354\10"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=5668, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 8636, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x402de000 old_mmap(0x402e0000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1000) = 0x402e0000 close(3) = 0 open("/usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0`2\0\000"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=134640, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 134560, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x402e1000 old_mmap(0x40301000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x20000) = 0x40301000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libresolv.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\360#\0"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=79572, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 80040, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x40302000 mprotect(0x40311000, 18600, PROT_NONE) = 0 old_mmap(0x40312000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xf000) = 0x40312000 old_mmap(0x40314000, 6312, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40314000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\260\v\0"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=15208, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40316000 old_mmap(NULL, 12388, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x40317000 old_mmap(0x40319000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1000) = 0x40319000 close(3) = 0 open("/usr/lib/libz.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\260\25"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=62152, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 65028, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x4031b000 old_mmap(0x4032a000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xe000) = 0x4032a000 close(3) = 0 mprotect(0x40319000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x40312000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x4025f000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x40015000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 munmap(0x40017000, 24400) = 0 time(NULL) = 1129055371 brk(0) = 0x805eed0 brk(0x807fed0) = 0x807fed0 brk(0x8080000) = 0x8080000 uname({sys="Linux", node="monkey", ...}) = 0 getpid() = 8518 geteuid32() = 0 open("/usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=29028, ...}) = 0 pread(3, "## Dovecot 1.0 configuration fil"..., 2048, 0) = 2048 pread(3, "and RSA parameters.\n#ssl_paramet"..., 2019, 2048) = 2019 pread(3, "d in it\'s own process (yes), or "..., 2017, 4067) = 2017 pread(3, "es\n# (eg. shared mailboxes or if"..., 1977, 6084) = 1977 pread(3, "d in\n# doc/mail-storages.txt. Th"..., 1990, 8061) = 1990 pread(3, "erent namespaces which you want "..., 2014, 10051) = 2014 pread(3, "ll with Linux and FreeBSD.\n# But"..., 1999, 12065) = 1999 pread(3, "le. Works with NFS too if lockd "..., 2018, 14064) = 2018 pread(3, "se you don\'t get core dumps. It "..., 2018, 16082) = 2018 pread(3, "ss never abort IDLE command, so "..., 2015, 18100) = 2015 pread(3, "us (<= 2.1.3) : %u\n # Cyrus"..., 2040, 20115) = 2040 pread(3, "of allowed characters in usernam"..., 2041, 22155) = 2041 pread(3, "nd immediately close PAM session"..., 2013, 24196) = 2013 pread(3, "#userdb sql {\n # Path for SQL"..., 2046, 26209) = 2046 pread(3, "r/run/dovecot-auth-master\n# "..., 2031, 28255) = 773 pread(3, "", 1258, 29028) = 0 close(3) = 0 socket(PF_FILE, SOCK_STREAM, 0) = 3 fcntl64(3, F_GETFL) = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR) fcntl64(3, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0 connect(3, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/var/run/nscd/socket"}, 110) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) close(3) = 0 socket(PF_FILE, SOCK_STREAM, 0) = 3 fcntl64(3, F_GETFL) = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR) fcntl64(3, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0 connect(3, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/var/run/nscd/socket"}, 110) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) close(3) = 0 open("/etc/nsswitch.conf", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1696, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40017000 read(3, "#\n# /etc/nsswitch.conf\n#\n# An ex"..., 4096) = 1696 read(3, "", 4096) = 0 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x40017000, 4096) = 0 open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=24400, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 24400, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40017000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libnss_files.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0`\33\0 \000"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=47244, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 41628, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x4032b000 old_mmap(0x40334000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE| MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x8000) = 0x40334000 close(3) = 0 mprotect(0x40334000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 munmap(0x40017000, 24400) = 0 open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY) = 3 fcntl64(3, F_GETFD) = 0 fcntl64(3, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1274, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40017000 read(3, "root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash\n"..., 4096) = 1274 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x40017000, 4096) = 0 access("/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap", X_OK) = 0 access("/etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem", R_OK) = 0 access("/etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem", R_OK) = 0 getegid32() = 0 lstat64("/usr/local/var/run/dovecot", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 open("/usr/local/var/run/dovecot", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 close(3) = 0 lstat64("/usr/local/var/run/dovecot", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 open(".", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 open("/usr/local/var/run/dovecot/login", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE| O_NOFOLLOW) = 4 fchdir(4) = 0 open("/dev/null", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOTDIR (Not a directory) open(".", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY) = 5 fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0750, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 fcntl64(5, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 getdents64(5, /* 2 entries */, 4096) = 48 getdents64(5, /* 0 entries */, 4096) = 0 close(4) = 0 close(5) = 0 fchdir(3) = 0 close(3) = 0 lstat64("/usr/local/var/run/dovecot/login", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0750, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 open("/usr/local/var/run/dovecot/login", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0750, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 close(3) = 0 lstat64("/usr/local/var/run/dovecot/login", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0750, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 access("/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login", X_OK) = 0 open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY) = 3 fcntl64(3, F_GETFD) = 0 fcntl64(3, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1274, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40017000 read(3, "root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash\n"..., 4096) = 1274 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x40017000, 4096) = 0 access("/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth", X_OK) = 0 open("/dev/null", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 fcntl64(3, F_GETFD) = 0 fcntl64(3, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 dup(3) = 4 fcntl64(4, F_GETFD) = 0 fcntl64(4, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 5 setsockopt(5, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, [1], 4) = 0 setsockopt(5, SOL_SOCKET, SO_KEEPALIVE, [1], 4) = 0 bind(5, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(143), sin_addr=inet_addr ("0.0.0.0")}, 16) = 0 getsockname(5, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(143), sin_addr=inet_addr("0.0.0.0")}, [16]) = 0 listen(5, 8) = 0 fcntl64(5, F_GETFL) = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR) fcntl64(5, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0 fcntl64(5, F_GETFD) = 0 fcntl64(5, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 6 setsockopt(6, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, [1], 4) = 0 setsockopt(6, SOL_SOCKET, SO_KEEPALIVE, [1], 4) = 0 bind(6, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(993), sin_addr=inet_addr ("0.0.0.0")}, 16) = 0 getsockname(6, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(993), sin_addr=inet_addr("0.0.0.0")}, [16]) = 0 listen(6, 8) = 0 fcntl64(6, F_GETFL) = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR) fcntl64(6, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0 fcntl64(6, F_GETFD) = 0 fcntl64(6, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 dup2(4, 0) = 0 dup2(4, 1) = 1 dup2(4, 2) = 2 fork() = 8519 exit_group(0) = ?

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[Dovecot] Building dovecot with SSL support on Solaris
by Christian Schmidt 10 Oct '05

10 Oct '05

Hi all, I'm just trying to build dovecot-1.0.alpha3 on a Solaris 9 machine with SSL support. No matter which options I call ./configure with - it always results in: Install prefix ...................... : /usr/local File offsets ........................ : 64bit I/O loop method ..................... : poll File change notification method ..... : none Building with SSL support ........... : no <-- ! Building with IPv6 support .......... : yes Building with pop3 server ........... : yes Building with mail delivery agent .. : yes Building with user database modules . : static passdb passwd passwd-file checkpassword (modules) Building with password lookup modules : passwd passwd-file shadow pam checkpassword (modules) Some more details: $ uname -a SunOS ns 5.9 Generic_117171-08 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R $ /usr/local/ssl/bin/openssl version OpenSSL 0.9.7e 25 Oct 2004 On another system, the build succeeds - including SSL support: $ uname -a SunOS excalibur 5.9 Generic_117171-08 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-100 $ /usr/local/ssl/bin/openssl version OpenSSL 0.9.7d 17 Mar 2004 I have tried lots of hints Google found in the mailing list archives, but none of them succeeded. I'm looking forward to getting any further hints. If you need some further information, I will post it. Regards & thanks in advance, Christian -- Alle Dinge geschehen aus Notwendigkeit. Es gibt in der Natur kein Gutes und kein Schlechtes. -- Baruch de Spinoza

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[Dovecot] Backup Maildir
by Gabe Granger 09 Oct '05

09 Oct '05

Hi All, I'm currently doing nightly full backups of /home. I'm not sure if a full back up is the best way to do backups. I know with my fileserver i do weekly full backup and daily incremental which would file on those type of files. I guess my question to the group is, how do you guys backup Maildir? whats the best way of doing it? -- Gabe Granger Pancentric results-driven communications and e-solutions +44 (0) 20 8877 0230 http://www.pancentric.com

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[Dovecot] SOLVED: chdir failed: Permission denied
by Joe Sislow 09 Oct '05

09 Oct '05

Ok, so if anyone runs into a problem where dovecot reports chdir(/home/BLAH) failed with uid NNN: Permission denied in Fedora Core 4 or otherwise, it seems to be a SELinux problem. Turn OFF SELinux and the problem goes away.

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[Dovecot] time out error and email with attachments
by Roberto Cipollini 09 Oct '05

09 Oct '05

I'm facing some problem with emails and attachments. I'm not sure it's dealing with MTU (it is set to the maximum number before a fragmentation occurs). I have no errors from pop3, but the following message is the best I can show you just to understand my problem. The log shows this: "imap(roberto.cipollini(a)allmediasolution.com): Oct 04 17:35:03 Error: Timeout while waiting for release of exclusive fcntl() lock for index file /mail/allmediasolution.com/roberto.cipollini/.INBOX/.imap.index " I think that the pop3 process is locking the index file (thunderbird was waiting to download the file) and the imap (i tried to get the file from webmail) is going time out. Can anyone tell me how to fix the time out? any suggestion? do you need more information/logs? can I try different setting in dovecot conf? thanks for any kind of help. Roberto

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[Dovecot] 1.0.a3 does not start on FreeBSD 5.21
by Adamson H 09 Oct '05

09 Oct '05

Hi, This morning I portupgraded dovecot 0.99.14 to 1.0.a3 on two of my FreeBSD servers and found that the new dovecot refused to start on FreeBSD 5.21 server. However, it works ok on FreeBSD 5.4. Please help me with the FreeBSD 5.21 one. #uname -a FreeBSD fileserver.xxx.local 5.2.1-RELEASE-p14 FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE- p14 #3: Sun Aug 7 13:24:38 CST 2005 xxx@xxx.xxx.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GATEWAY i386 ## /etc/rc.conf dovecot_enable="YES" ## /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf ssl_disable = yes (I only changed the above line in dovecot.conf.sample.) ## ports fileserver# make clean ===> Cleaning for libiconv-1.9.2_1 ===> Cleaning for libtool-1.5.20 ===> Cleaning for perl-5.8.7 ===> Cleaning for cyrus-sasl-2.1.21 ===> Cleaning for openssl-0.9.8_1 ===> Cleaning for dovecot-1.0.a3 ## error messages Oct 9 11:50:01 fileserver dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.alpha3 starting up Oct 9 11:50:02 fileserver dovecot: Login process died too early - shutting down Oct 9 11:50:02 fileserver dovecot: child 42837 (login) returned error 89 Oct 9 11:50:02 fileserver dovecot: child 42836 (login) returned error 89 Oct 9 11:50:02 fileserver dovecot: child 42838 (login) returned error 89 Oct 9 11:50:02 fileserver dovecot: child 42835 (auth) returned error 89 Thanks in advance for your help. Adamson Huang

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[Dovecot] chdir failed: Permission denied
by Joe Sislow 09 Oct '05

09 Oct '05

Hi there, Upgrading to Fedora Core 4 from an old server running Red Hat 7.3. I'm moving accounts over by hand, and I'm having the following error crop up for *everyone*. chdir(/home/BLAH) failed with uid 500: Permission denied Now, that UID is correct, the user has that access, and there are no permissions problems changing to that directory. I've got the mail in /var/mail/XXX for each user as a simple mbox. I was browsing through the code to check for what *exactly* dovecot is doing when it's trying to change directory there. The error reporting is a bit spotty. It could be that it can't change to that directory (unlikely). It could be that something in that path is a problem (also unlikely, as the /home directory is world readable and executable), or, it could have something to do with a file or directory it's trying to create. I'm not sure. Could someone let me in on what files or directories that dovecot tries to create by default? This permission denied error doesn't make any sense (I created a brand new user with nothing there, made all of his directories readable/writeable, and executable by EVERYONE, and it STILL gives me this error.

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[Dovecot] passdb error
by Richard Wilkinson 08 Oct '05

08 Oct '05

I have just installed Dovecot on Redhat 9 system when starting dovecot I get the following error Unknown passdb driver 'pam' This is a new venture for me so any help would be appreciated Thanks rw

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[Dovecot] dovecot 1.0alpha3 passdb
by Karl Chen 08 Oct '05

08 Oct '05

I upgraded dovecot from 0.99.20050712-2 to 1.0.alpha3-1 (Debian testing). In /etc/dovecot.conf I had: passdb = passwd-file /etc/imap.passwd I modified dovecot.conf from 1.0alpha3 to have: passdb passwd-file { # Path for passwd-file args = /etc/imap.passwd } Is that correct? Authentication no longer works, and /var/log/mail.info shows: Oct 7 22:35:39 XXX dovecot: auth(default): passdb(XXX,XXX): passdb didn't return userdb entries Oct 7 22:35:39 XXX dovecot: auth(default): userdb(XXX,XXX): user not found from userdb Oct 7 22:35:39 XXX dovecot: imap-login: Internal login failure: user=<XXX>, method=PLAIN, rip=XXX, lip=XXX, TLS Help, please. -- Karl 2005-10-07 22:39

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[Dovecot] Still Seeing Some SIGALRM's
by Todd Burroughs 07 Oct '05

07 Oct '05

I'm still seeing some of these in the CVS version as of Oct. 6: dovecot: Oct 07 11:09:42 Error: child 2410 (imap) killed with signal 14 It's happening quite a bit less since this fix: 2005-09-30 18:25 Timo Sirainen <tss(a)iki.fi> * src/lib-index/mail-index-lock.c: Don't leak alarm() with in-memory indexes Todd

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