I installed dovecot on my system using the following configuration (in dovecot.conf): protocols = imap listen = * ssl_disable = yes login_user = nobody login_processes_count = 3 mail_extra_groups = nobody default_mail_env = maildir:/home/%u/Maildir auth default { mechanisms = plain passdb shadow { } userdb passwd { } user = root } After that I tested via telnet an got the message: Connection closed by foreign host. In the log-file I found the following lines: dovecot: Mar 12 22:49:18 Info: Dovecot v1.0.rc15 starting up dovecot: Mar 12 22:51:12 Info: imap-login: Login: user=<username>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.??.20, lip=192.168.??.3 dovecot: Mar 12 22:51:12 Error: setmntent(/etc/mtab) failed: No such file or directory dovecot: Mar 12 22:51:12 Error: child 616 (imap) killed with signal 11 Because I'm quite a newbie, I don't know what to do. Therefore I ask here for help. Thank you! -- "Feel free" - 5 GB Mailbox, 50 FreeSMS/Monat ... Jetzt GMX ProMail testen: www.gmx.net/de/go/mailfooter/promail-out
On 13.3.2007, at 23.14, tubauwe at gmx.de wrote:> I installed dovecot on my system using the following configuration > (in dovecot.conf):BTW. dovecot -n is a better way to list the configuration.> dovecot: Mar 12 22:51:12 Error: setmntent(/etc/mtab) failed: No > such file or directoryWhat OS/distribution are you using? /etc/mtab is assumed to be found with Linux. I think it should exist.. Adding nfs_check = no to dovecot.conf will probably fix this anyway.> dovecot: Mar 12 22:51:12 Error: child 616 (imap) killed with signal 11It still shouldn't crash though. Could you get gdb backtrace from it? See http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PGP.sig Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 186 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20070313/3cba098e/attachment.bin>
On Tuesday March 13, 2007 at 05:14:52 (PM) tubauwe wrote:> Because I'm quite a newbie, I don't know what to do. Therefore I ask here for help.OK, first just paste the output of: dovecot -n That will show what changes you have made from the basic config file. Also include the portion of the mail log, or what ever log you are writing to, that pertain to dovecot.. You also need to include your OS type and version as well as the dovecot version. -- Gerard