Dovecot Issue

sedna06 · 06-29-2013, 11:14 AM

Hey All,

I was reading somewhere that I could create one dovecot.conf file using this command

"dovecot -n > dovecot.conf"

however when I issue this command all I get is this error
doveconf: Error: ssl enabled, but ssl_cert not set

and now dovecot will not restart it gives the same error as above.

so I removed dovecot and re-installed and that worked.

so I re-issued the command "dovecot -n > dovecot.conf" and I get the same error again.

any help would be appreciated.

Joe

rosehosting.com · 06-29-2013, 11:55 AM

If you're using SSL, then you can define the path to your certificate and key as in:

Code:

ssl_cert = </etc/ssl-certs/server.crt
ssl_key = </etc/ssl-certs/server.key

or you can disable ssl if you're not using it by adding/changing the following in your dovecot configuration file:

Code:

ssl = no

in dovecot2 the configuration is split into multiple files within dovecot/conf.d directory. so this should be set in conf.d/10-ssl.conf

dovecot2 wiki page is at http://wiki2.dovecot.org/FrontPage