New install - getting error: "Failed to initialize SSL server context: Couldn't parse DH parameters"

James Brown
2018-11-13T04:00:19Z

> On 11/12/2018 07:28 PM, James Brown wrote:
>> I?m setting up Dovecot using Homebrew on a new server and am getting
this when I try to login via IMAP:
>> Nov 13 14:13:35 auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=30719)
>> Nov 13 14:13:35 imap-login: Info: Aborted login (no auth attempts in 0
secs): user=<>, rip=::1, lip=::1, secured,
session=<gM0HNIN6HtoAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>
>> Nov 13 14:18:33 auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory:
/usr/local/Cellar/dovecot/2.3.2.1/lib/dovecot/auth
>> Nov 13 14:18:33 auth: Debug: Module loaded:
/usr/local/Cellar/dovecot/2.3.2.1/lib/dovecot/auth/lib20_auth_var_expand_crypt.so
>> Nov 13 14:18:33 auth: Debug: Read auth token secret from
/usr/local/var/run/dovecot/auth-token-secret.dat
>> Nov 13 14:18:33 auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=30848)
>> Nov 13 14:18:33 imap-login: Error: Failed to initialize SSL server
context: Couldn't parse DH parameters: error:0906D06C:PEM
routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line: Expecting: DH PARAMETERS: user=<>,
rip=::1, lip=::1, secured, session=<q7TJRYN6RdoAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>
>> Nov 13 14:18:33 imap-login: Info: Disconnected: TLS initialization
failed. (no auth attempts in 0 secs): user=<>, rip=::1, lip=::1, secured,
session=<q7TJRYN6RdoAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>
>> I?ve used:
>> Openssl gendh 2048
>> And put the output:
>> -----BEGIN DH PARAMETERS-----
>> MIIBCAKCAQEA0IF7kQX32IJFm/5HEVwYf7Be4G9iY86MvLiFLL3wHGqcPT3EMsIv
>> YSe5XOT0Q7DGXPOZ+DLlJq8KDHxWKNI6j/0ZaRBrF38CWj8Jqxa8pqo9FVSWj45b
>> JwSLqBSoBIEFWibqSE6L8wlV8xjMsB34xLHduJDNbaBzsooN749CopTkmkuGeXKH
>> waOEbDzlOq+qHEa4bjx2/e/TnPj0kCrMnfeU4QILo1rJwuN4nY6k7fGwgEDVa2hE
>> oOrVfJxxxxxxxxxyyyyyuuuixxxxblahblahblahhhkkkkkkkkkkkkXCGsxhlDQO
>> QmzOhHqPovzbBByO9iR5fu3xbNm9YRxPowIBAg=>> -----END DH
PARAMETERS??
>> Into a file dh.pem and then added
>> ssl_dh=/usr/local/etc/dovecot/dh.pem
>> To my dovecot.conf file.
>> Reloaded Dovecot but still get the same error.
>> Any suggestions?
>> macOS 10.13.6, Dovecot 2.3.2.1
>> Any suggestions?
>> Thanks,
>> James.
>
>
> On 13 Nov 2018, at 2:43 pm, Michael A. Peters <mpeters at
domblogger.net> wrote:
>
> try
>
> openssl dhparam -out /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dh.pem 2048

Thanks Michael. Gave that a go, and it successfully created the file, I reloaded
Dovecot, but still get the same error.

James.