Dovecot doesn't start

[chow]

Getting:
Starting Dovecot Imap: Error: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot.conf line 15: Unknown setting: imap_listen
[FAILED]

I'm 100% old imapd is running but just not sure how to disable this one. Pls help......

 

[chow]

Seems more is wrong after going to dovecot. My whole dovecot.conf seems not configured. Getting loads of errors.

 

[nobaloney]

I'm reopening this thread to point out a recent experience and ask others.

I recently did some work for a client and found exactly the same problem; Dovecot wouldn't start.

I compared a dovecot configuration file from one of my servers with the newly installed file. They were completely different.

I copied the file from my server to the client's server, and Dovecot immediately worked properly.

Has anyone else seen this problem?

Jeff

 

[DirectAdmin Support]

What was the "diff" from the 2 dovecot.conf files?
Also, was it a freebsd box? There is a difference with the passdb for freebsd vs others, eg:

  #FreeBSD may require this instead of 'passdb shadow'
  #passdb passwd {
  #}

  passdb shadow {
  }

If it's freebsd, you swap the 2 (use passwd instead of shadow). The installer should be doing that for you.

If you have any other errors, please post them.

I see no reference to "imap_listen" in the dovecot.conf file we provide (likely related to the age of the post..)

John

 

[nobaloney]

I didn't do a diff (I probably should have). I looked at the file sizes, they were different, and I looked at the output of the head command, and decided to copy up the file from one of my own systems.

The output of head was quite different.

Both machines were running CentOS4.

Jeff