Nevermind, I think I found the problem.
It seems that Ubuntu's default settings for Dovecot are wrong, they lack
the "<" character before the certificate/key path.
So either of the following works:
ssl_cert_file = /dat/etc/ssl/certs/server.crt
ssl_key_file = /dat/etc/ssl/private/server.key
or
ssl_cert = </dat/etc/ssl/certs/server.crt
ssl_key = </dat/etc/ssl/private/server.key
Thanks!
*From:* Alexandru Bostina <mailto:a...@alnio.ro>
*Sent:* Sunday, May 11, 2014 12:04PM
*To:* Peter Chiochetti <mailto:p...@myzel.net>, Dovecot
<mailto:dovecot@dovecot.org>
*Subject:* Re: [Dovecot] dovecot 2.2.9 - ssl_cert and ssl_key ignored
Yes, it does.
But I mentioned that just using the old settings (ssl_key_file) works
(with the same certificate and key).
*From:* Peter Chiochetti<mailto:p...@myzel.net>
*Sent:* Sunday, May 11, 2014 11:58AM
*To:* Alexandru Bostina<mailto:a...@alnio.ro>, Dovecot
<mailto:dovecot@dovecot.org>
*Subject:* Re: [Dovecot] dovecot 2.2.9 - ssl_cert and ssl_key ignored
> Am 2014-05-11 10:16, schrieb Alexandru Bostina:
> > Hello,
> >
> > It seems that Dovecot ignores the new /ssl_cert and ssl_key /settings.
> >
> > Using them in the dovecot configuration results in the error:
> > Fatal: Couldn't parse private ssl_key: error:0906D06C:PEM
> > routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line: Expecting: ANY PRIVATE KEY]
> >
>
> Does the file read something like this in the first line?
>
> > -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
>
