/etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem erased by OpenSuse's update mechanism

[Wolfgang Gross]

Hi,

this is not a genuine Dovecot bug, more a nuisance.
It applies to OpenSuse 13.2 but maybe also to other Linux's.

The standard installation of Dovecot (especially 10-ssl.conf) places the 
certificate dovecot.pem in /etc/ssl/certs.
Sometimes during updates does OpenSuse renew all certificates in /etc/ssl/certs 
and erases dovecot.pem. This blocks further access to the mailbox.

I found a similar report here:
  https://bbs.archlinux.de/viewtopic.php?id=27288

Workaround: Move dovecot.pem to another directory and change 10-ssl.conf 
accordingly.

Regards

Wolfgang Gross

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