Dovecot is giving me problems on a Redhat FC4 server. I can start the server manually at the command line from the /etc/rc.d/init.d item that the Dovecot RPM installed, no hiccups whatsoever. However, the server will not start automatically on boot.

I'm not a Linux pro by any means, so I use Webmin to manage bootup and shutdown items. If I try to start the action manually through the Webmin interface, the action fails with the following:

Executing /etc/rc.d/init.d/dovecot start ..

Starting Dovecot Imap: Fatal: Login user doesn't exist: dovecot
[FAILED]


I've checked and there IS a user "dovecot". I've even gone so far as to remove and recreate the user and group for "dovecot", as I found in a forum posting elsewhere.

I appreciate any help I can receive, as I'm pulling my hair out here, and I'm too young to be bald!

Thanks,
Kevin

I'm in the exact same boat! If you had any luck figuring this out, PLEASE let me know!!!

I haven't figured anything out. I think I'm just going to try installing some other pop3/imap server software.