dovecot - Jun 2007 - Fatal: Login process must not run as root

Hi all,

I am new to dovecot, i had installed dovecot in RH9 machine and when i tried to
run( as root)  it,  i am getting the below message in the log file.

dovecot: Jun 11 18:57:16 Fatal: Login process must not run as root

I have done the  installation as below ( as normal user):

    ./configure
    make
    sude make install

When i try to run as a normal user i am getting the error like

Error: Can't write to log directory /var/log: Permission denied

Can anybody tell me where i am doing mistake ?

Thanks in advance

Regards,
Santhosh

dovecot.conf
-------------
login_user = dovecot
protocol lda {
  log_path = /var/log/dovecot-deliver.log
  info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-deliver.log
}


You must run /usr/sbin/dovecot as root
The permissions of /var/log/dovecot-deliver.log are 666 (because the 
process write as "authenticate user")
The permissions of /var/log/dovecot.log are 600 (because the process 
write as root)


santhosh escribi?:
> Hi all,
>
> I am new to dovecot, i had installed dovecot in RH9 machine and when i
tried to run( as root)  it,  i am getting the below message in the log file.
>
> dovecot: Jun 11 18:57:16 Fatal: Login process must not run as root
>
> I have done the  installation as below ( as normal user):
>
>     ./configure
>     make
>     sude make install
>
> When i try to run as a normal user i am getting the error like
>
> Error: Can't write to log directory /var/log: Permission denied
>
> Can anybody tell me where i am doing mistake ?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Regards,
> Santhosh
>

> Can anybody tell me where i am doing mistake ?
First mistake is not providing a bit of info on your setup... ;)

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dovecot -n output?

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Best regards,

Charles