You can change the "ssl = yes" to "ssl = no" and try again or specify the correct paths to your SSL certs. That is what it is telling you.
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Frank Bonnet <f.bon...@esiee.fr> wrote: > hello > > trying to install dovecot 2 on a fresh installed machine > I get this error message : > > doveconf -n > dovecot-new.conf > doveconf: Error: ssl enabled, but ssl_cert not set > > doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file > /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf: ssl enabled, but ssl_cert not set > the ssl config file look like the following : > Thanks for any info. > > ## > ## SSL settings > ## > > # SSL/TLS support: yes, no, required. <doc/wiki/SSL.txt> > ssl = yes > > # PEM encoded X.509 SSL/TLS certificate and private key. They're opened > before > # dropping root privileges, so keep the key file unreadable by anyone but > # root. Included doc/mkcert.sh can be used to easily generate self-signed > # certificate, just make sure to update the domains in dovecot-openssl.cnf > ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem > ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem > > # If key file is password protected, give the password here. Alternatively > # give it when starting dovecot with -p parameter. Since this file is often > # world-readable, you may want to place this setting instead to a different > # root owned 0600 file by using ssl_key_password = <path. > #ssl_key_password = > > # PEM encoded trusted certificate authority. Set this only if you intend to > use > # ssl_verify_client_cert=yes. The file should contain the CA certificate(s) > # followed by the matching CRL(s). (e.g. ssl_ca = </etc/ssl/certs/ca.pem) > #ssl_ca = > > # Request client to send a certificate. If you also want to require it, set > # auth_ssl_require_client_cert=yes in auth section. > #ssl_verify_client_cert = no > > # Which field from certificate to use for username. commonName and > # x500UniqueIdentifier are the usual choices. You'll also need to set > # auth_ssl_username_from_cert=yes. > #ssl_cert_username_field = commonName > > # How often to regenerate the SSL parameters file. Generation is quite CPU > # intensive operation. The value is in hours, 0 disables regeneration > # entirely. > #ssl_parameters_regenerate = 168 > > # SSL ciphers to use > #ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:!EXP:!aNULL > > > -- > > Frank BONNET > > 01.45.92.66.17 > > Service des Moyens Informatique Generaux > > ESIEE PARIS > Cité Descartes / BP 99 > 93162 NOISY-LE-GRAND Cedex > http://www.esiee.fr <http://www.esiee.fr/> > > -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!