Package: dovecot-pop3d
Version: 0.99.14-1
Severity: important
Tags: sid
Thanks for maintaining Debian's dovecot-pop3d
package.
Dovecot enjoys a good reputation.
I noticed that
$ /etc/init.d/dovecot restart
didn't start the /usr/sbin/dovecot daemon for a
new install, and that bug #293348 may be related.
For what it's worth,
1.) I use xinetd, but it's not configured to
use dovecot, and
2.) running dovecot on root's command line as
$ /usr/sbin/dovecot
returned
Warning: Corrected permissions for login directory
/var/run/dovecot/login
but starts the daemon.
Here's the output of
$ /etc/init.d/dovecot restart
after inserting "set -xv" toward the top:
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
+ PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/sbin/dovecot
+ DAEMON=/usr/sbin/dovecot
NAME=dovecot
+ NAME=dovecot
DESC="mail server"
+ DESC='mail server'
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
+ test -x /usr/sbin/dovecot
set -e
+ set -e
# The init script should do nothing if dovecot is being run from inetd
for p in `sed -r "s/^ *(([^:]+|\[[^]]+]|\*):)?(pop3s?|imaps?)[
\t].*/\3/;t;d" \
/etc/inetd.conf`
do
for q in `sed -r "s/^ *protocols[ \t]*=[
\t]*(([^\"]*)|\"(.*)\")/\2\3/;t;d" \
/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf`
do
if [ $p = $q ]; then
exit 0
fi
done
done
sed -r "s/^ *(([^:]+|\[[^]]+]|\*):)?(pop3s?|imaps?)[ \t].*/\3/;t;d"
/etc/inetd.conf
++ sed -r 's/^ *(([^:]+|\[[^]]+]|\*):)?(pop3s?|imaps?)[ \t].*/\3/;t;d'
/etc/inetd.conf
case "$1" in
start)
if grep protocols /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf | sed 's/#.*$//' | tr -d
'"' | \
egrep -q '[^#]*(\bpop3s?\b|\bimaps?\b)';
then
if [ -x /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login -a -x /usr/lib/dovecot/imap ] \
|| [ -x /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login -a -x /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 ];
then
echo -n "Starting $DESC: $NAME"
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --exec $DAEMON
echo "."
fi
fi
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping $DESC: $NAME "
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --exec $DAEMON
echo "."
;;
#reload)
#
# If the daemon can reload its config files on the fly
# for example by sending it SIGHUP, do it here.
#
# If the daemon responds to changes in its config file
# directly anyway, make this a do-nothing entry.
#
# echo -n "Reloading $DESC configuration..."
# start-stop-daemon --stop --signal 1 --quiet --pidfile \
# /var/run/$NAME.pid --exec $DAEMON
# echo "done."
#;;
restart|force-reload)
#
# If the "reload" option is implemented, move the "force-reload"
# option to the "reload" entry above. If not, "force-reload" is
# just the same as "restart".
#
echo -n "Restarting $DESC: $NAME"
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --exec $DAEMON
sleep 1
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec $DAEMON
echo "."
;;
*)
N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
# echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}" >&2
echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
+ case "$1" in
+ echo -n 'Restarting mail server: dovecot'
Restarting mail server: dovecot+ start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --exec
/usr/sbin/dovecot
Yet after running this, doing
$ ps aux | egrep "pop|dove"
shows no daemon.
As an aside, Outlook Explorer on a newly installed
WinXP box on the same LAN reports
The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'your_account',
Server:'your_POP3_server', Protocol:POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): NO,
Socket error: 10061, Error Number: 0x800ccc0e
when trying to retrieve mail from the manually
started dovecot. It may be an unrelated bug, but I
mention it for completeness.
Thanks in advance for your time and attention,
Kingsley
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-1-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
Versions of packages dovecot-pop3d depends on:
ii dovecot-common 0.99.14-1 secure mail server that supports m
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-21 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libssl0.9.7 0.9.7-4 SSL shared libraries
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