I have tried several times, installing Perfect Server for Centos 6.5 on my dotblock VPS. (Centos 6.4 has been running perfectly on same system) Dovecot fails to start because there is a missing smtpd.cert file in the /etc/postfix directory every time. I have tried yum remove postfix, then yum -y install postfix followed by an Ispconfig update and reconfiguring the services, but its still not there and dovecot fails with: Starting Dovecot Imap: doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf line 7: ssl_cert: Can't open file /etc/postfix/smtpd.cert: No such file or directory How can I recreate it? Added: I did a complete reinstall with the same result. This time, I executed "/etc/init.d/dovecot restart" just before installing IspConfig, and it restarted perfectly. Right after installing Ispconfig, dovecot would not longer restart and threw the error noted above.
Please try creating a certificate Hi, kephra I encountered the same issue, a few minutes ago, after completing the Perfect Server guide. I thought I caused the problem myself because I didn't follow the guide precisely and the install may have been affected by my prior experimenting. These guides are so top notch - I'm extremely grateful to the guys who make them. So I just created the certificate the configuration file was looking for and everything seems ok. in the directory /etc/postfix: openssl req -new -outform PEM -out smtpd.cert -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout smtpd.key -keyform PEM -days 365 -x509 I used this page for reference: http://switch.richard5.net/isp-in-a...rver-components/configure-postfix-to-use-tls/ Hope it helps you
Thanks mrecho, that fixes the problem. I have done Debian squeeze Perfect Servers, and Centos 6.4 without any hiccups, so there must be a glitch in the IspConfig install.
it works for me too but i have another issue about this error in my log file : warning: dict_nis_init: NIS domain name not set - NIS lookups disabled and my postfix service dose not work fine can you help me ?
Hi, pooria I don't remember seeing this warning in my log file but as far as I can tell by reading about it online, you can safely ignore this warning. You can get rid of it if you want by following this post: EDIT: I can't post links but if you search for: dict_nis_init: NIS domain name not set - NIS lookups disabled you will find more info about this warning and how to remove it if you want. I don't think this warning is the reason why your postfix service doesn't work as it should. It's a red herring. If you're still having problems, it may be worth posting a new thread about postfix not working. There's no problem that can't be resolved - someone has probably experienced your particular issue before All the best
