[Dovecot] Login user doesn't exist: dovecot

[Chris Wakelin]

Do you have a "dovecot" account in /etc/passwd?. It needs to be an
unprivileged local user.

Chris

Anne Wilson wrote:
> 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


-- 
--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-
Christopher Wakelin,                           c.d.wakelin at reading.ac.uk
IT Services Centre, The University of Reading,  Tel: +44 (0)118 378 8439
Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 2AF, UK              Fax: +44 (0)118 975 3094