[Dovecot] Rootless installation gets ssl-parameters.dat errors

[Daniel Bretoi]

In the logfile, i see this:

dovecot: Mar 18 16:24:30 Error: ssl-build-param: Can't create  
temporary SSL parameters file /var/lib/dovecot/ssl-parameters.dat.tmp:  
Permission denied
dovecot: Mar 18 16:24:30 Error: child 21836 (ssl-build-param) returned  
error 89
dovecot: Mar 18 16:24:30 Error: link(/var/lib/dovecot/ssl- 
parameters.dat, /usr/local/sb/daniel/rm/trunk/var/run/dovecot/login/ 
ssl-parameters.dat.tmp) failed: Permission denied
dovecot: Mar 18 16:24:30 Error: file_copy(/var/lib/dovecot/ssl- 
parameters.dat, /usr/local/sb/daniel/rm/trunk/var/run/dovecot/login/ 
ssl-parameters.dat) failed: No such file or directory

It is true that  I as a user do not have permissions to read this  
file, however, I followed all the instructions to run as a rootless  
user.  I don't seem to be able to specify anywhere where this ssl- 
parameters file should be copied from.

Please note, I'm running this as user daniel (not root).

Btw, there seems to have been a ssl_parameters_file keyword in the  
past, but it doesn't work with my version (nor with the latest 1.0.13).

non-SSL IMAP works fine, but obviously SSL has issues.

Thank you in advance for any help,

Daniel

#### SYSTEM INFO #####################################

$ dovecot --version
1.0.rc15

$ uname -a
Linux myhost.com 2.6.22.18-vs2.3.0.32.1 #1 SMP Mon Feb 11 07:07:23 EST  
2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 5 (Final)

#### CONFIG FILE ####################################

$ perl -e 'for (<>){ next if /^\s*(#|$)/; print $_; }' dovecot.conf

base_dir = /usr/local/sb/daniel/rm/trunk/var/run/dovecot
protocols = imap imaps
    protocol imap {
      listen = *:8300
      ssl_listen = *:8301
    }
log_path = /usr/local/sb/daniel/rm/trunk/var/logs/dovecot.log
info_log_path = /usr/local/sb/daniel/rm/trunk/var/logs/dovecot.info.log
ssl_cert_file = /usr/local/sb/daniel/rm/trunk/etc/dovecot.cert.pem
ssl_key_file =/usr/local/sb/daniel/rm/trunk/etc/dovecot.private.pem
login_chroot = no
login_user = daniel
login_process_size = 64
login_greeting = daniel's Dovecot ready.
mail_location = mbox:/usr/local/sb/daniel/rm/trunk/var/mail:INBOX=/usr/ 
local/sb/daniel/rm/trunk/var/mail/INBOX
mail_debug = yes
protocol imap {
}
protocol pop3 {
}
protocol lda {
   postmaster_address = postmaster at example.com
}
auth default {
   mechanisms = plain
   passdb passwd-file {
     args = /usr/local/sb/daniel/rm/trunk/var/dovecot.passwd
   }
   userdb passwd {
   }
   userdb passwd-file {
     args = /usr/local/sb/daniel/rm/trunk/var/dovecot.passwd
   }
   user = daniel
}
dict {
}
plugin {
}