[Dovecot] Fresh Dovecot Install

[Robert Cooper]

Or, just edit the /etc/init.d script to call dovecot in 
/usr/local/sbin/....save making the symlink....

John Schettino wrote:
> Yep - I did a source install *after* installing the Fedora Core 2
> version (.99something) via yum.
> 
> You may have better luck doing that if you can find an RPM for dovecot
> for RH9 - then all you'll need to do is make a symlink from
> /usr/sbin/dovecot (move aside the RPM version first) to
> /usr/local/sbin/dovecot (your built-from-source version) after you make
> install dovecot from source, and the service scripts for the Redhat
> dovecot build will (probably) work.
> 
> On Tue, 2005-04-26 at 12:34, Jakob Curdes wrote:
> 
>>>I get nothing when I:
>>>
>>>rpm -qa | grep dovecot
>>>ps aux | grep dovecot
>>>service dovecot status
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>
>>I suppose you are expecting that after doing a "make install", the 
>>application already runs, like you are used from rpm installs ?
>>That will not be the case. I am not even sure if the dovecot install 
>>process places a start/stop script in /etc/init.d. Often you have to do 
>>many things on your own after a source install, like adapting or 
>>creating a start/stop script or copying and modifying a sample 
>>configuration file. That's what Mark pointed out : you should probably 
>>at least go through the provided configuration file and then you can try 
>>and start dovecot by hand and observer the relevant logfiles, depending 
>>on your dsitribution. If you find that all works well, you can use the 
>>start/stop mechanism to integrate dovecot startup into your system 
>>startup. Sorry, but when compiling source packages you have to "RTFM" 
>>and adapt the explanations to your configuration.
>>
>>If you configured dovecot and started it and it fails to run, start it 
>>from the command line and watch out for fatal errors on STDOUT or in the 
>>logs. Most probably the ports are in use by another pop/imap program.
>>
>>Hope this helps,
>>Jakob Curdes
>>
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