Not able to start dovecot

Olaf Hopp Olaf.Hopp at kit.edu
Thu Mar 26 15:20:17 EET 2020


On 3/20/20 4:43 PM, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> 
> Use a proper systemd unit file instead of the initd script.
> 
> Alexander
> 

Use e.g. the following for  getting started:

# This file is part of Dovecot
#
# DO NOT CUSTOMIZE THIS FILE, INSTEAD
# create the file:
#	`/etc/systemd/system/dovecot.service.d/service.conf'.
# or copy this as
#	`/etc/systemd/system/dovecot.service` and edit then
# and put your changes there

[Unit]
Description=Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email server
Documentation=man:dovecot(1)
Documentation=http://wiki2.dovecot.org/
After=local-fs.target network-online.target dovecot-init.service
Requires=dovecot-init.service

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStartPre=/usr/libexec/dovecot/prestartscript
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/dovecot -F
PIDFile=/var/run/dovecot/master.pid
ExecReload=/usr/bin/doveadm reload
ExecStop=/usr/bin/doveadm stop
PrivateTmp=true
NonBlocking=yes
# this will make /usr /boot /etc read only for dovecot
ProtectSystem=full
ProtectHome=no
PrivateDevices=true

# You can add environment variables with e.g.:
#Environment='CORE_OUTOFMEM=1'
# If you have trouble with `Too many open files', increase
LimitNOFILE=65535
# If you want to allow the Dovecot services to produce core dumps, use:
#LimitCORE=infinity

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target


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