Dear All, SUMMARY: Dovecot shows an issue when "localstatedir" path is too long The issue exists also with dovecot-2.2.25
CONFIGURATION: The configure options are: ./configure --prefix=${TARGET_DIR} \ --sysconfdir=${TARGET_DIR}/cfg \ --localstatedir=${TARGET_DIR}/var \ --with-ssl=openssl \ --with-sqlite \ --disable-shared RESULTS: When executing dovecot (as root), the followin message appears: Error: service(dict): net_listen_unix(/<user>/localbin/minnowboard-turbot-applications/1.0/linux/x86_64-linux/localbin/dovecot/2.2.18/linux/x86_64-linux/var/run/dovecot/dict) failed: Value too large for defined data type Error: service(config): net_listen_unix(<user>/localbin/minnowboard-turbot-applications/1.0/linux/x86_64-linux/localbin/dovecot/2.2.18/linux/x86_64-linux/var/run/dovecot/config) failed: Value too large for defined data type --- WORKAROUND: The problem is solved by defining shorten localstatedir or using base_dir = /var/run/dovecot. It seems the path lengh causing a such issue. Path Lengh > 127 Available for additional experiments Best Regards