Op 31/12/2018 om 22:51 schreef Aki Tuomi:
We are working on fixing this.

Internally tracked as DOP-838.

Regards,

Stephan.


On 31 December 2018 at 23:45 Chris BL <cpblpublic+dove...@gmail.com> wrote:


Hi Aki,

Bingo! Putting that line in dovecot.conf rather than my custom file, and
then using my old custom file, unchanged, from Alpine works perfectly.

My only remaining question, then, would be ... what was this (change)
about / or is there any documentation that I should/could have read to
know what to do without asking a lead developer?

Thank you very much.

  I hope you had a great start to the New Year!

Happy 2019,
Chris


On Mon, 31 Dec 2018, Aki Tuomi wrote:

If your client directly executes imap binary, it is not mandatory for dovecot 
to be running, but you need to put the service section into 
/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf and restart the dovecot service.

Putting it to your local config file does not affect the global service.

Aki

On 31 December 2018 at 22:16 Chris BL <cpblpublic+dove...@gmail.com> wrote:



Hi Aki,

I am not 100% sure.  I do not really know what my OS does. "ps -A" says
dovecot is running, but if I say "sudo service dovecot stop", my email
client works fine still (that is, assuming the old version of dovecot is
installed). ie the on-demand instances of dovecot-imapd that Alpine calls
are, I assume, started and stopped by Alpine. (?)

  Is my OS using dovecot for other stuff, like managing system mail (e.g.
root's reports of cron jobs, which still go to /var/mail, but I never read
them)?  I am not certain.  But I believed that any other use of dovecot
would be using a different .conf file, so I was hoping I just had to know
how to make my custom one (-c flag) work.

Thanks,
Chris


On Mon, 31 Dec 2018, Aki Tuomi wrote:

Am I assuming correctly that you are not, in fact, running anything but imap 
process from Dovecot?

Aki

On 31 December 2018 at 18:35 Chris BL <cpblpublic+dove...@gmail.com> wrote:



Hi Aki,

Oops; I did not think carefully enough about your instructions. Here is the 
output from

$ dovecot -n -c /home/meuser/dotfiles/auto-stanford-dovecot.conf

# 2.3.2.1 (0719df592): /home/meuser/dotfiles/auto-stanford-dovecot.conf
# Pigeonhole version 0.5.2 ()
# OS: Linux 4.18.0-13-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 18.10 ext4
# Hostname: cpbl-t450s
doveconf: Warning: please set ssl_dh=</etc/dovecot/dh.pem
doveconf: Warning: You can generate it with: dd 
if=/var/lib/dovecot/ssl-parameters.dat bs=1 skip=88 | openssl dhparam -inform der 
> /etc/dovecot/dh.pem
mail_location = 
maildir:/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford:LAYOUT=fs:INBOX=/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford/INBOX
service stats {
   unix_listener stats-writer {
     mode = 0666
   }
}
ssl_dh =  # hidden, use -P to show it
verbose_proctitle = yes


I then followed the instructions in the Warning lines above and now I get:

  dovecot -n -c /home/meuser/dotfiles/auto-stanford-dovecot.conf
# 2.3.2.1 (0719df592): /home/meuser/dotfiles/auto-stanford-dovecot.conf
# Pigeonhole version 0.5.2 ()
# OS: Linux 4.18.0-13-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 18.10 ext4
# Hostname: cpbl-t450s
mail_location = 
maildir:/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford:LAYOUT=fs:INBOX=/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford/INBOX
service stats {
   unix_listener stats-writer {
     mode = 0666
   }
}
ssl_dh =  # hidden, use -P to show it
verbose_proctitle = yes


However, this does not help my primary symptom:


$ /usr/lib/dovecot/imap -c /home/meuser/dotfiles/auto-stanford-dovecot.conf
imap(meuser,)Error: net_connect_unix(/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer) failed: 
Permission denied
* PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT 
SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND 
URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE
UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES 
WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE SNIPPET=FUZZY LITERAL+ NOTIFY] 
Logged in as meuser


Thanks!
Chris



On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 10:27 AM Aki Tuomi <aki.tu...@open-xchange.com> wrote:
       Did you remove the service section before taking doveconf -n? 'cos I 
can't see it here..

       Also, did you restart dovecot after config change?

       Aki

       > On 31 December 2018 at 16:54 Chris BL <cpblpublic+dove...@gmail.com> 
wrote:
       >
       >
       > Hi Aki,
       >
       > Yes, the same connect error: imap(meuser,)Error: 
net_connect_unix(/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer) failed: Permission denied
       >
       > The mail location in "doveconf -n" (belo) does not reflect my 
preferences.
       >
       > In Alpine, if I acknowledge the error I get, which tells me to add
       > novalidate-cert in my pinerc file, it prompts me for my POSIX username 
and
       > password.  After that, I get my /var/spool/mail inbox, which is not 
what I
       > want.
       >
       >
       > doveconf -n
       > # 2.3.2.1 (0719df592): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
       > # Pigeonhole version 0.5.2 ()
       > # OS: Linux 4.18.0-13-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 18.10
       > # Hostname: myhost-t450s
       > mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
       > mail_privileged_group = mail
       > namespace inbox {
       >   inbox = yes
       >   location =
       >   mailbox Drafts {
       >     special_use = \Drafts
       >   }
       >   mailbox Junk {
       >     special_use = \Junk
       >   }
       >   mailbox Sent {
       >     special_use = \Sent
       >   }
       >   mailbox "Sent Messages" {
       >     special_use = \Sent
       >   }
       >   mailbox Trash {
       >     special_use = \Trash
       >   }
       >   prefix =
       > }
       > passdb {
       >   driver = pam
       > }
       > protocols = " imap"
       > ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
       > ssl_client_ca_dir = /etc/ssl/certs
       > ssl_dh =  # hidden, use -P to show it
       > ssl_key =  # hidden, use -P to show it
       > userdb {
       >   driver = passwd
       > }
       >
       >
       >
       > On Mon, 31 Dec 2018, Aki Tuomi wrote:
       >
       > > You are still getting the connect error?
       > >
       > > Can you share your doveconf -n?
       > >
       > > Aki
       > >
       > > > On 31 December 2018 at 16:42 cpblpublic+dove...@gmail.com wrote:
       > > >
       > > >
       > > > Hi Aki,
       > > >
       > > > Thanks. I put that in the .conf file I mentioned, and it made no
       > > > difference.
       > > >
       > > > Chris
       > > >
       > > > > Hi!
       > > > >
       > > > > In your case it's probably easiest to change
       > > > >
       > > > > service stats {
       > > > >   unix_listener stats-writer {
       > > > >      mode = 0666
       > > > >   }
       > > > > }
       > > > >
       > > > > Aki
       > > > >
       > > > > > On 31 December 2018 at 16:05 cpblpublic+dove...@gmail.com 
wrote:
       > > > > >
       > > > > >
       > > > > >
       > > > > > I use a localhost dovecot imap server in order to access 
maildir folders from Alpine (see 2009 instructions for my set up here
       > > > > > 
https://cpbl.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/alpine-offlineimap-and-gmail-under-ubuntu/ )
       > > > > >
       > > > > > My configuration has worked nicely since 2009, but failed 
after a recent upgrade of dovecot (during basic upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 to 18.10).
       > > > > >
       > > > > > The version of Alpine did not change. Uninstalling 
dovecot-core and dovecot-imapd, and reinstalling the older versions, fully fixes the problem.
       > > > > >
       > > > > > I would like to know how to get my configuration working with 
the new version of dovecot.
       > > > > >
       > > > > > Here's what the problem looks like:
       > > > > >
       > > > > > I have a file auto-dovecot.conf with only the following two 
lines.
       > > > > >
       > > > > > verbose_proctitle = yes
       > > > > > mail_location = 
maildir:/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford:LAYOUT=fs:INBOX=/home/meuser/imap/gmailStanford/INBOX
       > > > > >
       > > > > > Other /etc/ files are unchanged from installation defaults.
       > > > > >
       > > > > > Alpine calls imapd when it starts, with the following command:
       > > > > >
       > > > > > /usr/lib/dovecot/imap -c 
/home/meuser/dotfiles/auto-dovecot.conf
       > > > > >
       > > > > >
       > > > > > When I run that command, I get:
       > > > > >
       > > > > > imap(meuser,)Error: 
net_connect_unix(/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer) failed: Permission denied
       > > > > > * PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID 
ENABLE IDLE
       > > > > > SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS 
THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT
       > > > > > MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE 
UIDPLUS
       > > > > > LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT 
SEARCHRES WITHIN
       > > > > > CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE SNIPPET=FUZZY LITERAL+ 
NOTIFY]
       > > > > > Logged in as meuser
       > > > > >
       > > > > >
       > > > > >
       > > > > >
       > > > > > so I am guessing that the first line is the issue, since when 
the older version I get instead:
       > > > > >
       > > > > > * PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR 
LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE
       > > > > > IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS 
THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT
       > > > > > MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE 
UIDPLUS
       > > > > > LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT 
SEARCHRES WITHIN
       > > > > > CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE] Logged in as meuser
       > > > > >
       > > > > >
       > > > > > Can anyone help me? I cannot find documentation for using a 
localhost server for Alpine, except my own from 2009.
       > > > > >
       > > > > > Many thanks!
       > > > > >
       > > > > > Chris
       > > > >
       > >


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