I am trying to install dovecot 2.2.12 from source on slackware 14.0
Compilation and install work without error.
doveconf -n
# 2.2.12: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 3.2.45 x86_64 Slackware 14.0
auth_mechanisms = plain login
auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb
base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/
mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u
namespace inbox {
inbox = yes
location mailbox Drafts {
special_use = \Drafts
}
mailbox Junk {
special_use = \Junk
}
mailbox Sent {
special_use = \Sent
}
mailbox "Sent Messages" {
special_use = \Sent
}
mailbox Trash {
special_use = \Trash
}
prefix =
}
passdb {
driver = shadow
}
protocols = imap lmtp pop3
service imap-login {
inet_listener imap {
port = 143
}
inet_listener imaps {
port = 993
ssl = yes
}
}
service pop3-login {
inet_listener pop3 {
port = 110
}
inet_listener pop3s {
port = 995
ssl = yes
}
}
ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem
ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem
userdb {
driver = passwd
}
Seems to start ok. No errors reported in logs. Checked location of logs
with "doveadm log find"
telnet localhost 143
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'
No imap prompt. Still no errors.
Tried doveadm
bash-4.2# doveadm auth test fulford
Password:
doveadm(root): Error: Timeout waiting for handshake from auth server. my
pid=8881, input bytes=0
doveadm(root): Fatal: Couldn't connect to auth socket
bash-4.2# ls -l /var/run/dovecot/aut*
srw------- 1 dovecot root 0 Mar 9 01:01 /var/run/dovecot/auth-client
srw------- 1 dovecot root 0 Mar 9 01:01 /var/run/dovecot/auth-login
srw------- 1 root root 0 Mar 9 01:01 /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
srw-rw-rw- 1 dovecot root 0 Mar 9 01:01 /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb
srw------- 1 dovecot root 0 Mar 9 01:01 /var/run/dovecot/auth-worker
I can't find anyone else having this problem. What am I doing wrong?
Clifford
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 9 Mar 2014, Clifford W Fulford wrote:> Seems to start ok. No errors reported in logs. Checked location of logs with > "doveadm log find"Did you've verified that a Dovecot process is running and which ports it is listening to?> > telnet localhost 143 > Connected to localhost. > Escape character is '^]' > > No imap prompt. Still no errors.Do you have SELinux or some protection system running? - -- Steffen Kaiser -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBUx25fXD1/YhP6VMHAQJ4lggAoiIk8A42SOkEfDd6Q0pxAL4+KZ/45tVj oixb9lJ3EiFCJJlUl9Fv2HZnek/hQ46grQ4AC2M44h4z/ZB6EwGj1koHIVrqOsOx q2pK1O601UbQ2/Ht2UDoeevCpbZZ1WxXHesRZJeP0gZTW4eeZU9Y/5yT57eSsCrw xpcGoKxXaua/4Y8yAb23m4InjdFxZuF5Ob4K77pm6Z3CWvAVgcMF2TIJpH6+KIzG rhn6VKLGeSQZ54SkATmfvNSqj3tL7fzKWhVih9xtNEH/rwzXo+16j0tOUmGREZD7 zsOTu0qo48cZu7ES/PCUMXUzl+MJ+u5ac6Tkt59CzSf9es0nonDmcA==cJuq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 9 Mar 2014, Clifford W Fulford wrote:> Seems to start ok. No errors reported in logs. Checked location of logs with > "doveadm log find"Did you've verified that a Dovecot process is running and which ports it is listening to?> > telnet localhost 143 > Connected to localhost. > Escape character is '^]' > > No imap prompt. Still no errors.Do you have SELinux or some protection system running? - -- Steffen Kaiser -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBUx25fXD1/YhP6VMHAQJ4lggAoiIk8A42SOkEfDd6Q0pxAL4+KZ/45tVj oixb9lJ3EiFCJJlUl9Fv2HZnek/hQ46grQ4AC2M44h4z/ZB6EwGj1koHIVrqOsOx q2pK1O601UbQ2/Ht2UDoeevCpbZZ1WxXHesRZJeP0gZTW4eeZU9Y/5yT57eSsCrw xpcGoKxXaua/4Y8yAb23m4InjdFxZuF5Ob4K77pm6Z3CWvAVgcMF2TIJpH6+KIzG rhn6VKLGeSQZ54SkATmfvNSqj3tL7fzKWhVih9xtNEH/rwzXo+16j0tOUmGREZD7 zsOTu0qo48cZu7ES/PCUMXUzl+MJ+u5ac6Tkt59CzSf9es0nonDmcA==cJuq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Yes it is running and its listending on ports 143 and 193 but I only get the response shown in my post. No imap capability message and no response to any input. Clifford ======================================================================= On Mon, 10 Mar 2014, Steffen Kaiser wrote:> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sun, 9 Mar 2014, Clifford W Fulford wrote: > >> Seems to start ok. No errors reported in logs. Checked location of logs >> with "doveadm log find" > > Did you've verified that a Dovecot process is running and which ports it is > listening to? > >> >> telnet localhost 143 >> Connected to localhost. >> Escape character is '^]' >> >> No imap prompt. Still no errors. > > Do you have SELinux or some protection system running? > > - -- Steffen Kaiser > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > > iQEVAwUBUx25fXD1/YhP6VMHAQJ4lggAoiIk8A42SOkEfDd6Q0pxAL4+KZ/45tVj > oixb9lJ3EiFCJJlUl9Fv2HZnek/hQ46grQ4AC2M44h4z/ZB6EwGj1koHIVrqOsOx > q2pK1O601UbQ2/Ht2UDoeevCpbZZ1WxXHesRZJeP0gZTW4eeZU9Y/5yT57eSsCrw > xpcGoKxXaua/4Y8yAb23m4InjdFxZuF5Ob4K77pm6Z3CWvAVgcMF2TIJpH6+KIzG > rhn6VKLGeSQZ54SkATmfvNSqj3tL7fzKWhVih9xtNEH/rwzXo+16j0tOUmGREZD7 > zsOTu0qo48cZu7ES/PCUMXUzl+MJ+u5ac6Tkt59CzSf9es0nonDmcA=> =cJuq > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
Sorry just seen my typo I meant ports 143 and 993. -- On Mon, 10 Mar 2014, Steffen Kaiser wrote:> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sun, 9 Mar 2014, Clifford W Fulford wrote: > >> Seems to start ok. No errors reported in logs. Checked location of logs >> with "doveadm log find" > > Did you've verified that a Dovecot process is running and which ports it is > listening to? > >> >> telnet localhost 143 >> Connected to localhost. >> Escape character is '^]' >> >> No imap prompt. Still no errors. > > Do you have SELinux or some protection system running? > > - -- Steffen Kaiser > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > > iQEVAwUBUx25fXD1/YhP6VMHAQJ4lggAoiIk8A42SOkEfDd6Q0pxAL4+KZ/45tVj > oixb9lJ3EiFCJJlUl9Fv2HZnek/hQ46grQ4AC2M44h4z/ZB6EwGj1koHIVrqOsOx > q2pK1O601UbQ2/Ht2UDoeevCpbZZ1WxXHesRZJeP0gZTW4eeZU9Y/5yT57eSsCrw > xpcGoKxXaua/4Y8yAb23m4InjdFxZuF5Ob4K77pm6Z3CWvAVgcMF2TIJpH6+KIzG > rhn6VKLGeSQZ54SkATmfvNSqj3tL7fzKWhVih9xtNEH/rwzXo+16j0tOUmGREZD7 > zsOTu0qo48cZu7ES/PCUMXUzl+MJ+u5ac6Tkt59CzSf9es0nonDmcA=> =cJuq > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
> Sorry just seen my typo I meant ports 143 and 993.Irrelevant. Take a step back and think about it logically. The error messages did not say that you could not connect to these ports. In fact, it seems you can, so clearly, this is not your problem. A "netstat -nat" will show if something is listening on these ports.> doveadm(root): Error: Timeout waiting for handshake from auth server. my > pid=8881, input bytes=0 > doveadm(root): Fatal: Couldn't connect to auth socketThis is what you should be looking into -> "Timeout waiting for handshake from auth server" The second message "cannot connect ..." is the generic error if the entire connect fails. However, the primary error is the timeout error. That is the key. It is not getting a response from the other end of the socket. What is supposed to be connecting to the other end? Are you using SASL or something else to do authentication? What does "lsof | grep auth-userdb" show? Two things should have that file open. If not, there is your problem. A pipe, named or otherwise, is like a chatroom. It is very lonely when you are the only one. Standard problem solving techniques. All the information you need is right in front of you. Dem