netstat --numeric-hosts --numeric-ports --programs -u -t -l will list all listening ports and as root also the exectueable
/etc/init.d/dovecot star is they way to go never start a service by it's binary without a good reason without knowing exactly how it is supposed to work BTW: the dovecot binary lives in /sbin/ not /bin/ [root@srv:~]$ ps aux | grep dovecot root 1843 0.0 0.0 19548 1520 ? Ss 11:58 0:00 /usr/sbin/dovecot -F i am generally wonder about /usr/local as you said you installed with yum - typically distributions packages are using /usr/bin, /usr/sbin/ and not /usr/local Am 15.10.2012 15:37, schrieb John Reddy: > Never mind. The command > /etc/init.d/dovecot start > would work; however, something else is using the port. Tracking it down. > John > >> From: linuxpen...@hotmail.com >> To: dovecot@dovecot.org >> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 09:01:04 -0400 >> Subject: [Dovecot] Can't Start Dovecot >> >> >> >> Hi; >> I just installed dovecot from yum on CentOS5. >> ps wax grep "dovecot" only brings up the grep >> The command "dovecot" is not recognized. >> # ls /usr/local/bin/dove* >> doveadm doveconf >> No dovecot. What up?
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