dovecot - Jun 2017 - 10-ssl.conf: Unknown setting: ssl / debian 1:2.2.13-12~deb8u

Hi Stefan, 

My apologies for the long delay.  Been ill. 

I tried this and had an error,


# mv /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf.bak
# cp -p  /usr/share/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf /etc/dovecot/conf.d/
# /etc/init.d/dovecot restart

/var/log/daemon.log
Jun  4 11:05:55 mail systemd[1]: Starting Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email server...
Jun  4 11:05:55 mail systemd[1]: Started Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email server.
Jun  4 11:05:55 mail dovecot[969]: doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file
/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf line 6: Unknown setting: ssl
Jun  4 11:05:55 mail dovecot[969]: doveconf: Error: managesieve-login:
dump-capability process returned 89
Jun  4 11:05:55 mail dovecot[969]: doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file
/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf line 6: Unknown setting: ssl
Jun  4 11:05:55 mail systemd[1]: dovecot.service: main process exited,
code=exited, status=89/n/a
Jun  4 11:05:55 mail systemd[1]: Unit dovecot.service entered failed state.

> On 18 May 2017, at 23:40, S. Kremer <sk71 at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> Hi Sophie
> 
> did you try the following steps?
> 
> 1. rename /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf to
> /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf.bak
> 2. copy /usr/share/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf to /etc/dovecot/conf.d/
> 3. restart dovecot
> 
> what happens? start dovecot normally?
> 
> if so
> 
> make a new cert with /usr/share/dovecot/mkcert.sh
> 
> and do changes in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf
> 
> ssl = yes
> ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem
> ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
> 
> then restart dovecot. What happens now?
> 
> 
> Best regards
> Stefan
> 
> 
> Am 18.05.2017 um 22:01 schrieb Sophie Loewenthal:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> 
>> I've been trying to get dovecot2 running and kept having this error
message:
>> 
>> May 13 13:38:32 mail systemd[1]: Started Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email
server.
>> May 13 13:38:32 mail dovecot[2178]: doveconf: Fatal: Error in
configuration file /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf line 61: Unknown setting: ssl
>> 
>> 
>> # dovecot --build-options
>> Build options: ioloop=epoll notify=inotify ipv6 openssl
io_block_size=8192
>> Mail storages: shared mdbox sdbox maildir mbox cydir imapc pop3c raw
fail
>> SQL driver plugins: mysql postgresql sqlite
>> Passdb: checkpassword ldap pam passwd passwd-file shadow sql
>> Userdb: checkpassword ldap(plugin) nss passwd prefetch passwd-file sql
>> 
>> # openssl version
>> OpenSSL 1.0.1t  3 May 2016
>> 
>> This package is from from Debian repos with version number
1:2.2.13-12~deb8u amd64
>> 
>> In case I had inadvertently entered some invisible charaters in
10-ssl.conf, I deleted and typed this out. Not copy-pasted:
>> # >10-ssl.conf
>> # cat 10-ssl.conf
>> # echo 'ssl = required' >10-ssl.conf
>> # echo 'ssl_key  = </etc/ssl/private/xxx.key'
>>10-ssl.conf
>> # echo 'ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/private/xxx.pem'
>>10-ssl.conf
>> 
>> I?ve done usual searching online for a week and read some dox, but
cannot see what I?ve missed out.
>> Any ideas? Please?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Sophie 
>>

Can you provide output of

dovecot --build-options

Aki

On 04.06.2017 12:10, Sophie Loewenthal wrote:
> Hi Stefan, 
>
> My apologies for the long delay.  Been ill. 
>
> I tried this and had an error,
>
>
> # mv /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf.bak
> # cp -p  /usr/share/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf /etc/dovecot/conf.d/
> # /etc/init.d/dovecot restart
>
> /var/log/daemon.log
> Jun  4 11:05:55 mail systemd[1]: Starting Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email server...
> Jun  4 11:05:55 mail systemd[1]: Started Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email server.
> Jun  4 11:05:55 mail dovecot[969]: doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration
file /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf line 6: Unknown setting: ssl
> Jun  4 11:05:55 mail dovecot[969]: doveconf: Error: managesieve-login:
dump-capability process returned 89
> Jun  4 11:05:55 mail dovecot[969]: doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration
file /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf line 6: Unknown setting: ssl
> Jun  4 11:05:55 mail systemd[1]: dovecot.service: main process exited,
code=exited, status=89/n/a
> Jun  4 11:05:55 mail systemd[1]: Unit dovecot.service entered failed state.
>
>
>> On 18 May 2017, at 23:40, S. Kremer <sk71 at gmx.de> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Sophie
>>
>> did you try the following steps?
>>
>> 1. rename /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf to
>> /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf.bak
>> 2. copy /usr/share/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf to /etc/dovecot/conf.d/
>> 3. restart dovecot
>>
>> what happens? start dovecot normally?
>>
>> if so
>>
>> make a new cert with /usr/share/dovecot/mkcert.sh
>>
>> and do changes in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf
>>
>> ssl = yes
>> ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem
>> ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
>>
>> then restart dovecot. What happens now?
>>
>>
>> Best regards
>> Stefan
>>
>>
>> Am 18.05.2017 um 22:01 schrieb Sophie Loewenthal:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>> I've been trying to get dovecot2 running and kept having this
error message:
>>>
>>> May 13 13:38:32 mail systemd[1]: Started Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email
server.
>>> May 13 13:38:32 mail dovecot[2178]: doveconf: Fatal: Error in
configuration file /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf line 61: Unknown setting: ssl
>>>
>>>
>>> # dovecot --build-options
>>> Build options: ioloop=epoll notify=inotify ipv6 openssl
io_block_size=8192
>>> Mail storages: shared mdbox sdbox maildir mbox cydir imapc pop3c
raw fail
>>> SQL driver plugins: mysql postgresql sqlite
>>> Passdb: checkpassword ldap pam passwd passwd-file shadow sql
>>> Userdb: checkpassword ldap(plugin) nss passwd prefetch passwd-file
sql
>>>
>>> # openssl version
>>> OpenSSL 1.0.1t  3 May 2016
>>>
>>> This package is from from Debian repos with version number
1:2.2.13-12~deb8u amd64
>>>
>>> In case I had inadvertently entered some invisible charaters in
10-ssl.conf, I deleted and typed this out. Not copy-pasted:
>>> # >10-ssl.conf
>>> # cat 10-ssl.conf
>>> # echo 'ssl = required' >10-ssl.conf
>>> # echo 'ssl_key  = </etc/ssl/private/xxx.key'
>>10-ssl.conf
>>> # echo 'ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/private/xxx.pem'
>>10-ssl.conf
>>>
>>> I?ve done usual searching online for a week and read some dox, but
cannot see what I?ve missed out.
>>> Any ideas? Please?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Sophie 
>>>

Hi Aki,

# dovecot --build-options
 Build options: ioloop=epoll notify=inotify ipv6 openssl io_block_size=8192
 Mail storages: shared mdbox sdbox maildir mbox cydir imapc pop3c raw fail
 SQL driver plugins: mysql postgresql sqlite
 Passdb: checkpassword ldap pam passwd passwd-file shadow sql
 Userdb: checkpassword ldap(plugin) nss passwd prefetch passwd-file sql



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On June 5, 2017 8:59:08 AM CEST, Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at dovecot.fi>
wrote:
>Can you provide output of
>
>dovecot --build-options
>
>Aki
>
>On 04.06.2017 12:10, Sophie Loewenthal wrote:
>> Hi Stefan, 
>>
>> My apologies for the long delay.  Been ill. 
>>
>> I tried this and had an error,
>>
>>
>> # mv /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf
>/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf.bak
>> # cp -p  /usr/share/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf /etc/dovecot/conf.d/
>> # /etc/init.d/dovecot restart
>>
>> /var/log/daemon.log
>> Jun  4 11:05:55 mail systemd[1]: Starting Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email
>server...
>> Jun  4 11:05:55 mail systemd[1]: Started Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email
>server.
>> Jun  4 11:05:55 mail dovecot[969]: doveconf: Fatal: Error in
>configuration file /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf line 6: Unknown
>setting: ssl
>> Jun  4 11:05:55 mail dovecot[969]: doveconf: Error:
>managesieve-login: dump-capability process returned 89
>> Jun  4 11:05:55 mail dovecot[969]: doveconf: Fatal: Error in
>configuration file /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf line 6: Unknown
>setting: ssl
>> Jun  4 11:05:55 mail systemd[1]: dovecot.service: main process
>exited, code=exited, status=89/n/a
>> Jun  4 11:05:55 mail systemd[1]: Unit dovecot.service entered failed
>state.
>>
>>
>>> On 18 May 2017, at 23:40, S. Kremer <sk71 at gmx.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Sophie
>>>
>>> did you try the following steps?
>>>
>>> 1. rename /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf to
>>> /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf.bak
>>> 2. copy /usr/share/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf to
>/etc/dovecot/conf.d/
>>> 3. restart dovecot
>>>
>>> what happens? start dovecot normally?
>>>
>>> if so
>>>
>>> make a new cert with /usr/share/dovecot/mkcert.sh
>>>
>>> and do changes in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf
>>>
>>> ssl = yes
>>> ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem
>>> ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
>>>
>>> then restart dovecot. What happens now?
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Stefan
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 18.05.2017 um 22:01 schrieb Sophie Loewenthal:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I've been trying to get dovecot2 running and kept having
this error
>message:
>>>>
>>>> May 13 13:38:32 mail systemd[1]: Started Dovecot IMAP/POP3
email
>server.
>>>> May 13 13:38:32 mail dovecot[2178]: doveconf: Fatal: Error in
>configuration file /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf line 61: Unknown
>setting: ssl
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> # dovecot --build-options
>>>> Build options: ioloop=epoll notify=inotify ipv6 openssl
>io_block_size=8192
>>>> Mail storages: shared mdbox sdbox maildir mbox cydir imapc
pop3c
>raw fail
>>>> SQL driver plugins: mysql postgresql sqlite
>>>> Passdb: checkpassword ldap pam passwd passwd-file shadow sql
>>>> Userdb: checkpassword ldap(plugin) nss passwd prefetch
passwd-file
>sql
>>>>
>>>> # openssl version
>>>> OpenSSL 1.0.1t  3 May 2016
>>>>
>>>> This package is from from Debian repos with version number
>1:2.2.13-12~deb8u amd64
>>>>
>>>> In case I had inadvertently entered some invisible charaters in
>10-ssl.conf, I deleted and typed this out. Not copy-pasted: 
>>>> # >10-ssl.conf
>>>> # cat 10-ssl.conf
>>>> # echo 'ssl = required' >10-ssl.conf
>>>> # echo 'ssl_key  = </etc/ssl/private/xxx.key'
>>10-ssl.conf
>>>> # echo 'ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/private/xxx.pem'
>>10-ssl.conf
>>>>
>>>> I?ve done usual searching online for a week and read some dox,
but
>cannot see what I?ve missed out. 
>>>> Any ideas? Please?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Sophie 
>>>>