Hi. I had generate a SSL cetificate. I performed following actions: mkdir /opt/LocalCA cd /opt/LocalCA mkdir certs mkdir private chmod 700 private echo '01' > serial touch index.txt cd /opt/LocalCA PATH=/opt/openssl/bin:$PATH export PATH OPENSSL_CONF=/opt/LocalCA/LocalCA.cnf export OPENSSL_CONF openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa -out cacert.pem -outform PEM -days 1825 Then made following files: /opt/LocalCA/cacert.pem # CA public certificate /opt/LocalCA/private/cakey.pem # CA private key Then i performed 2 actions: mv /opt/LocalCA/cacert.pem /usr/share/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem mv /opt/LocalCA/cakey.pem /usr/shar/ssl/private/dovecot.pem Now,I run service dovecot start & i received following line: Starting IMAP daemon (dovecot): [ OK ] But now i run service dovecot status & i recieving following line: dovecot dead but subsys locked PLEASE GUIDE ME......... ====---------DIGITAL SIGNATURE------------------- ///Mohsen Pahlevanzadeh//////// Network administrator & programmer My work phone is : +98216054096-7 My home phone is: +98213810146 My emails is m_pahlevanzadeh at yahoo.com My website is: http://webnegar.net ---------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html