[EXT] SOLVED: Re: Dovecot does not start on MacOS 12.01

[Don Feliciano]

Different:

Nov 01 08:44:36 master: Error: service(imap-login): command startup failed, throttling for 8.000 secs
Nov 01 08:44:36 imap-login: Fatal: master: service(imap-login): child 17371 returned error 89 (Fatal failure)

> On Nov 1, 2021, at 8:42 AM, Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com> wrote:
> 
> Do you get exactly same error message with that config or something else?
> 
> Aki
> 
>> On 01/11/2021 14:39 Don Feliciano <don.feliciano at icloud.com <mailto:don.feliciano at icloud.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> I just tried that solution, but it doesn't work. Only default_vsz_limit = 0 seems to work.
>> 
>>> On Nov 1, 2021, at 2:38 AM, Aki Tuomi wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi!
>>> 
>>> That solution is bit overly broad way to solve this, I would instead recommend
>>> 
>>> service log {
>>> vsz_limit = 0
>>> }
>>> 
>>> so that only service log is affected.
>>> 
>>> Aki
>>> 
>>>> On 31/10/2021 20:36 Don Feliciano wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> A kind person who isn’t on the mailing list share the solution to this with me:
>>>> 
>>>> default_vsz_limit = 0
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Oct 28, 2021, at 12:12 PM, Don Feliciano wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Same issue in 2.3.17
>>>>> 
>>>>> dovecot-2.3.17.tar.gz:
>>>>> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/dovecot/ 2.3.17 --libexecdir=/usr/local/Cellar/dovecot/2.3.17/libexec --sysconfdir=/usr/local/etc --localstatedir=/usr
>>>>> make install
>>>>> 
>>>>> dovecot-2.3-pigeonhole-0.5.17.tar.gz:
>>>>> ./configure --with-dovecot=/usr/local/Cellar/dovecot/2.3.17/lib/dovecot --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/dovecot/2.3.17
>>>>> make
>>>>> make install
>>>>> 
>>>>> sudo /usr/local/opt/dovecot/sbin/dovecot -F
>>>>> Warning: fd limit (ulimit -n) is lower than required under max. load (256 < 1000), because of default_client_limit
>>>>> Oct 28 12:08:48 service(log): Fatal: setrlimit(RLIMIT_DATA, 268435456): Invalid argument
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Oct 27, 2021, at 11:08 AM, Don Feliciano wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I've been happily running Dovecot on my Mac for many years (installed via Homebrew). After upgrading to Monterey (MacOS 12.01), it no longer starts:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> $ sw_vers
>>>>>> ProductName: macOS
>>>>>> ProductVersion: 12.0.1
>>>>>> BuildVersion: 21A559
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> $ uname -a
>>>>>> Darwin dfelicia-mac 21.1.0 Darwin Kernel Version 21.1.0: Wed Oct 13 17:33:23 PDT 2021; root:xnu-8019.41.5~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> $ sudo dovecot -F
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:11:18 service(log): Fatal: setrlimit(RLIMIT_DATA, 268435456): Invalid argument
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> $ mount
>>>>>> /dev/disk1s2s1 on / (apfs, sealed, local, read-only, journaled)
>>>>>> devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
>>>>>> /dev/disk1s5 on /System/Volumes/VM (apfs, local, noexec, journaled, noatime, nobrowse)
>>>>>> /dev/disk1s3 on /System/Volumes/Preboot (apfs, local, journaled, nobrowse)
>>>>>> /dev/disk1s6 on /System/Volumes/Update (apfs, local, jour naled, nobrowse)
>>>>>> /dev/disk1s1 on /System/Volumes/Data (apfs, local, journaled, nobrowse)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> $ sudo dovecot -n
>>>>>> # 2.3.16 (7e2e900c1a): /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
>>>>>> # Pigeonhole version 0.5.16 (09c29328)
>>>>>> # OS: Darw in 21.1.0 x86_64 apfs
>>>>>> # Hostname: dfelicia-mac
>>>>>> default_internal_group = mail
>>>>>> default_internal_user = _dovecot
>>>>>> default_login_user = _dovenull
>>>>>> first_valid_uid = 100
>>>>>> listen = 127.0.0.1
>>>>>> log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log
>>>>>> mail_location = maildir:/usr/local/var/mail/%u
>>>>>> managesieve_notify_capability = mailto
>>>>>> managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date index ihave duplicate mime foreverypart extracttext
>>>>>> namespace inbox {
>>>>>> inbox = yes
>>>>>> location =
>>>>>> mailbox Drafts {
>>>>>> special_use = \Drafts
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> mailbox Junk {
>>>>>> special _use = \Junk
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> mailbox Sent {
>>>>>> special_use = \Sent
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> mailbox "Sent Messages" {
>>>>>> special_use = \Sent
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> mailbox Trash {
>>>>>> special_use = \Trash
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> prefix =
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> passdb {
>>>>>> args = login
>>>>>> driver = pam
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> protocols = imap
>>>>>> service imap-login {
>>>>>> inet_listener imap {
>>>>>> address = 127.0.0.1
>>>>>> port = 143
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> inet_listener imaps {
>>>>>> address = 127.0.0.1
>>>>>> ssl = no
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> ssl = no
>>>>>> userdb {
>>>>>> driver = passwd
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> $ ulimit -Ha
>>>>>> core file size (blocks, -c) unlimited
>>>>>> data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited
>>>>>> file size (blocks, -f) unlimited
>>>>>> max locked memory (kbytes, -l) unlimited
>>>>>> max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited
>>>>>> open files (-n) unlimited
>>>>>> pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 1
>>>>>> stack size (kbytes, -s) 65532
>>>>>> cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited
>>>>>> max user processes (-u) 2784
>>>>>> virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited

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