[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]I got an error message when starting dovecot when it was already supposedly running: [/FONT][FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif] [root /etc]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/dovecot start Starting Dovecot Imap: Error: Dovecot is already running with PID 7179 (read from /var/run/dovecot/master.pid) Fatal: Invalid configuration in /etc/dovecot.conf [FAILED][/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif] [/FONT][FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif] ====================================================== [/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]The following was achieved at the /etc directory via the command: cat -s dovecot.conf | egrep -v "#|^$" [note that I have edited my ipAddress into "xxx.xxx.xx.xx"] ====================================================== protocols = imap pop3 imaps pop3s listen = xxx.xxx.xx.xx disable_plaintext_auth = no log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " ssl_listen = [/FONT][FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]xxx.xxx.xx.xx[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif] ssl_disable = yes mail_location = maildir:/home/%u/Maildir/%u protocol imap { login_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login mail_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap } protocol pop3 { login_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login mail_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 pop3_enable_last = no pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } protocol lda { postmaster_address = [email protected] } auth default { mechanisms = plain passdb pam { } userdb passwd { } user = root } dict { } plugin { } [/FONT][FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif] ====================================================== [/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]The following shows my settings: [/FONT] [root /etc]# dovecot -n # 1.0.7: /etc/dovecot.conf log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap pop3 imaps pop3s listen: xxx.xxx.xx.xx ssl_listen: xxx.xxx.xx.xx ssl_disable: yes login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login mail_location: maildir:/home/%u/Maildir/%u mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 auth default: passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd [FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif] ====================================================== I am running on a CentOS-5.2 based VPS. Can anyone spot my configuration and/or procedural error? ;-) Thanks much! best wishes, chris gray pleasant hill, ca[/FONT]
You may be trying to start a process that is already running make sure dovecot is not running. Check your maillog it should give you the line number where the typo is in the dovecot config file.
