dovecot fails to start

Hi folks,


Ubuntu 6.05.3 drake amd64
Postfix 2.2.10
dovecot-common 1.0.beta3
dovecot-imapd 1.0.beta3
dovecot-pop3d 1.0.beta3


I'm following;

Ubuntu Server Guide
https://help.ubuntu.com/6.06/ubuntu/serverguide/C/index.html

to build this LAMP server w/o having encountered much problem. After completion I started testing it and found postfix can't receive mails.


Remark:
having run update and upgrade several times


$ telnet localhost pop3

Code:

Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused

$ sudo /etc/init.d/dovecot restart

Code:

Restarting mail server: dovecotError: Can't use SSL certificate /etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem: No such file or directory

$ sudo locate dovecot.pem
No printout


$ ls -al /etc/ssl/certs/

Code:

total 24
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-05-19 22:27 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2008-04-18 07:28 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 2008-04-18 07:28 a69cfdd6 -> ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1208 2008-05-19 22:25 cacert.pem
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  904 2008-05-07 20:39 server.crt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  895 2008-05-19 22:20 smtpd.crt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1139 2008-04-18 07:28 ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem

/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf

Code:

ssl_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem
ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem
ssl_disable = no
disable_plaintext_auth = no

Remark:
Previously dovecot.pem were there.


$ telnet localhost pop3

Code:

Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK Dovecot ready.
quit
+OK Logging out
Connection closed by foreign host.

It worked prviously.


Please help. TIA


B.R.
satimis

 

Hi till,


Thanks for your advice and URL. Steps performed as follows;


$ ls /etc/ssl/certs/

Code:

a69cfdd6  cacert.pem  server.crt  smtpd.crt  ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem

$ sudo ls /etc/ssl/private/

Code:

cakey.pem   server.key.origin.20080507  ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
server.key  smtpd.key

$ sudo ln -s /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem /etc/ssl/c
erts/dovecot.pem

Code:

Password:

$ sudo ln -s /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key /etc/ssl
/private/dovecot.pem
No complaint


$ ls -l /etc/ssl/certs/

Code:

total 16
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21 2008-04-18 07:28 a69cfdd6 -> ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1208 2008-05-19 22:25 cacert.pem
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   36 2008-05-23 16:46 dovecot.pem -> /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  904 2008-05-07 20:39 server.crt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  895 2008-05-19 22:20 smtpd.crt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1139 2008-04-18 07:28 ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem

$ sudo ls -l /etc/ssl/private/

Code:

total 20
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     963 2008-05-19 22:25 cakey.pem
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      38 2008-05-23 16:49 dovecot.pem -> /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     963 2008-05-07 20:39 server.key
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     963 2008-05-04 01:01 server.key.origin.20080507
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     887 2008-05-19 22:21 smtpd.key
-rw-r----- 1 root ssl-cert 887 2008-04-18 07:28 ssl-cert-snakeoil.key

$ sudo /etc/init.d/dovecot restart

Code:

Restarting mail server: dovecotWarning: Fixing permissions of /var/run/dovecot to be world-readable
Warning: Corrected permissions for login directory /var/run/dovecot/login
.

$ telnet localhost pop3

Code:

Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK Dovecot ready.
quit
+OK Logging out
Connection closed by foreign host.

But still it can't receive emails.


I found on router ports, 25, 110, 143, 443, 995 etc. forward to 192.168.0.10 NOT the IP address of this server, 192.168.0.52.


Tried forwarding port 143 to this server 192.168.0.52

Still can't receive emails. Please advise where shall I check?


TIA.


Furthermore on building this server previously.

/etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem
/etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem

were there. I can't resolve why they disappear. I don't run this server daily. I resume testing only when I have time.


B.R.
satimis

 

Hi folks,


Problem solved and emails received as follows;


1) on /etc/postfix/main.cf
add;

Code:

mydestination = localhost.satimis.com

2) on router
forward port 25 to 192.168.0.52


restart postfix


Now emails can be received and delivered to /home/user/Maildir/new/


As curiosity, is there something on mail server similar to virtual host on webserver. With only one public IP mails can be delivered to either mail server-1 or mail server-2


B.R.
satimis