SOLVED: Re: Dovecot does not start on MacOS 12.01

[Don Feliciano]

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 <don.feliciano at icloud.com> 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 <don.feliciano at icloud.com> 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: Darwin 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
>> 
>> 
>> <dovecot-sysreport-dfelicia-mac-1635346907.tgz>
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