[Dovecot] Login user doesn't exist: dovecot

[Anne Wilson]

After completely trashing my system a few days ago, I now have FC4 
running, and have compiled dovecot-1.-beta1.  Everything is placed in a 
different place from the debian install, so it's possible that I have a 
path problem.

Attempting to start dovecot in a root console brings up the line

Login user doesn't exist: dovecot

Advice, please?

Anne