Hello,
I am getting below error & dovecot is not working..
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[root@] # dovecot -n | head -1
Error: Error in configuration file /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf line 1:
Expecting '='
Fatal: Invalid configuration in /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf
/usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf is as under:
-------------------------------------------------------------------
# Basic Configuration
base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/
protocols = imap pop3
listen = *
disable_plaintext_auth = no
# Logging
log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log
info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-info.log
# SSL
ssl_disable = yes
ssl_listen # Login Processes
login_dir = /var/run/dovecot/login
login_chroot = yes
login_process_size = 64
login_process_per_connection = yes
login_processes_count = 3
login_max_processes_count = 128
login_max_connections = 256
login_greeting = Dovecot ready
# Mailbox locations
mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
# mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
# mbox (Traditional)
mbox_read_locks = fcntl
mbox_write_locks = fcntl
# maildir (Latest)
# Mail Processes
max_mail_processes = 1024
mail_process_size = 256
mail_max_keyword_length = 50
# IMAP Specific Settings
protocol imap {
login_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
mail_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap
mail_plugins mail_plugin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
}
# POP3 specific settings
protocol pop3 {
login_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login
mail_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3
mail_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3
}
# Authentication processes
auth_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth
auth_process_size = 256
auth_realms auth_username_chars
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@
auth default {
mechanisms = plain login
passdb pam {
}
userdb passwd {
}
socket listen {
client {
# Assuming the default Postfix $queue_directory setting
path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
mode = 0660
# Assuming the default Postfix user and group
user = postfix
group = postfix
}
}
}
On 7/2/2008, Kaushal Gandhi (gandhikr at gmail.com) wrote:> [root@] # dovecot -n | head -1 > Error: Error in configuration file /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf line 1: > Expecting '=' > Fatal: Invalid configuration in /usr/local/etc/dovecot.confAre you by any chance editing the config file from a windows client? The only thing I can think of is a windows==unix file format issue... -- Best regards, Charles
On Jul 2, 2008, at 12:11 PM, Kaushal Gandhi wrote:> Hello, > > I am getting below error & dovecot is not working.. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [root@] # dovecot -n | head -1 > Error: Error in configuration file /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf line 1: > Expecting '=' > Fatal: Invalid configuration in /usr/local/etc/dovecot.confWhat operating system? You could try if it works by deleting #define HAVE_PREAD_H line from config.h and recompiling. Other than that and Charles's suggestion I have no idea why it would say that. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PGP.sig Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 194 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20080702/9dcfa132/attachment-0002.bin>