Error configuring unix_listener stats-writer

[Aki Tuomi]

> On 17 February 2019 at 11:47 Peter Nabbefeld via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I've got a very strange problem:
> When I try to configure the stats-writer socket, I'm told the 
> configuration is a duplicate, though none exists in the configuration 
> files. So I'd guess the configuration is set either built-in or implicitly.
> 
> I've put the following into conf.d/10-master.conf:
> service auth {
>    unix_listener auth-userdb {
>    }
> 
>    unix_listener stats-writer {
>      user = vmail
>      group = vmail
>      mode = 0666
>    }
> }
> 
> BTW, using imap for mail traffic.
> 
> Is there any tool displaying an "effective" config tree (i.e., a tool 
> displaying the resulting configuration from every file, displaying the 
> original file and line number)? "dovecot -a" only displays all 
> configurations, but without source reference, so it's impossible to find 
> out about the details.  :-(
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Peter

Hi

The stats-writer config belongs for service stats, not auth.

You can see effective config with 'doveconf -n'.

Aki