I have noticed several issues with dovecot, trying to run it without root. Which is preferable in any container environment. Maybe you would like me to document these somewhere? So at some point they can be applied.
-----Original Message----- From: Naveen Reddy [mailto:naveenredd...@gmail.com] Sent: 30 December 2019 09:02 To: Aki Tuomi Cc: dovecot@dovecot.org Subject: Re: Issue running Dovecot in Docker Container Hi, I can see those values correctly with the doveconf -nc command. Here is the part of output: bash-4.2# doveconf -nc /etc/dovecot/director.conf # 2.2.36 (1f10bfa63): /etc/dovecot/director.conf # OS: Linux 4.1.12-112.14.11.el7uek.x86_64 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.7 (Maipo) # Hostname: 69b492645b56 auth_debug = yes auth_default_realm = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx auth_verbose = yes base_dir = /var/run/dovecot_director debug_log_path = $log_path director_mail_servers = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx director_servers = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 1000 hostname = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx info_log_path = $log_path instance_name = Director lmtp_proxy = yes log_path = /dovecot.log login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l mpid=%e %c home=%h Thanks & Regards, Naveen On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 10:08 PM Aki Tuomi <aki.tu...@open-xchange.com> wrote: Can you check with `doveconf -nc /path/to/director.conf` that the values are actually set correctly? Aki On 27/12/2019 15:34 Naveen Reddy <naveenredd...@gmail.com> wrote: The conf.d files are not included. I have added !include conf.d/*.conf to director.conf and reloaded the dovecot and director services. conf.d/10-logging also has the following lines: log_path = /dovecot.log info_log_path = $log_path debug_log_path = $log_path The /dovecot.log file still shows empty. Nothing is being logged to that file. Thanks & Regards, Naveen On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 10:52 PM Aki Tuomi < aki.tu...@open-xchange.com> wrote: Do you have !include or !try_include in director.conf? The conf.d files are not included otherwise. Aki On 26/12/2019 11:27 Naveen Reddy < naveenredd...@gmail.com> wrote: I have tried these in the 10-logging.conf but no luck. There is nothing logged to the file. bash-4.2# ps -ef UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD root 1 0 0 Dec23 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /bootstrap.sh root 8 1 0 Dec23 ? 00:00:00 sleep 36000d root 15681 0 0 08:51 pts/1 00:00:00 bash root 16340 0 0 09:19 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dovecot -c /etc/dovecot/director.conf dovecot 16341 16340 0 09:19 ? 00:00:00 dovecot-Director/anvil root 16342 16340 0 09:19 ? 00:00:00 dovecot-Director/log root 16344 16340 0 09:19 ? 00:00:00 dovecot-Director/config root 16390 0 0 09:22 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dovecot -c /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf dovecot 16391 16390 0 09:22 ? 00:00:00 dovecot-Dovecot/anvil root 16392 16390 0 09:22 ? 00:00:00 dovecot-Dovecot/log root 16394 16390 0 09:22 ? 00:00:00 dovecot-Dovecot/config root 16406 15681 0 09:22 pts/1 00:00:00 ps -ef The below processes are not starting as well. dovecot-Dovecot/auth dovecot-Dovecot/ssl-params dovecot-Director/lmtp dovecot-Director/ssl-params dovecot-Director/imap-login director Thanks & Regards, Naveen On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 10:54 PM Aki Tuomi < aki.tu...@open-xchange.com> wrote: On 24/12/2019 12:33 Naveen Reddy < naveenredd...@gmail.com> wrote: Hello, We need help with an issue that we are running into when we are trying to run Dovecot in Docker container. Also how do we enable debugging for dovecot. Logs doesn't show any info about the issue. Below processes are not running when a Director service is started: dovecot-Dovecot/auth dovecot-Dovecot/ssl-params dovecot-Director/lmtp dovecot-Director/ssl-params dovecot-Director/imap-login director Here is the version that I'm running and including the dovecot -n output below: bash-4.2# dovecot --version 2.2.36 bash-4.2# dovecot -n # 2.2.36 (xxxxx): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 4.1.12-112.14.11.el7uek.x86_64 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.7 (Maipo) # Hostname: XXXXXXX auth_debug = yes auth_default_realm = xxxxxxxxxxxx auth_verbose = yes disable_plaintext_auth = no dotlock_use_excl = no hostname = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx instance_name = Dovecot login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l mpid=%e %c home=% domain=%d mail_debug = yes mail_fsync = always mail_gid = imapd mail_home = /xxxxxxxxxxx/%d/%n mail_location = dbox:~/ mail_uid = imapd mmap_disable = yes passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/lookups/ldap-pass.conf driver = ldap } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/lookups/xxxx.conf driver = ldap } plugin { stats_refresh = 30 secs stats_track_cmds = yes } protocols = imap lmtp service auth { client_limit = 4096 unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0777 } } service imap-login { chroot = login client_limit = 0 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = imap-login extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 inet_listener imap { address = port = 1144 ssl = no } inet_listener imaps { address = port = 994 ssl = yes } privileged_group = process_limit = 0 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = imap service_count = 50 type = login user = $default_login_user vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service imap { service_count = 50 } service lmtp { executable = lmtp -L inet_listener lmtp { address = port = 10025 } } service stats { fifo_listener stats-mail { mode = 0600 user = imapd } } ssl_cert = </xxxxxxx/cert/dovecot.pem ssl_cipher_list = XXXXXX ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it ssl_protocols = XXXXX userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/lookups/ldap-user.conf driver = ldap } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/lookups/xxxxxxx.conf driver = ldap } Thanks & Regards, Naveen Try setting log_path=/dovecot.log info_log_path=$log_path debug_log_path=$log_path --- Aki Tuomi --- Aki Tuomi --- Aki Tuomi
