Re: Localhost imap server fails after upgrade from 2.2.33.2-1 to 1:2.3.2.1 (fwd)

2019-01-20 Thread Stephan Bosch




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  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  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  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
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  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  
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

Re: Localhost imap server fails after upgrade from 2.2.33.2-1 to 1:2.3.2.1 (fwd)

2018-12-31 Thread Aki Tuomi
We are working on fixing this.

Aki

> On 31 December 2018 at 23:45 Chris BL  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  
> > > 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  
> > > > > 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= > > > > 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 
> > > > >  wrote:
> > > > >   Did you remove the service section before taking doveconf -n? 
> > > > > 'cos I can't see it here..
> > > > > 
> > > > >   Also, did you res

Re: Localhost imap server fails after upgrade from 2.2.33.2-1 to 1:2.3.2.1 (fwd)

2018-12-31 Thread Chris BL
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  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  
> > > > 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= > > > 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  
> > > > 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 
> > > >  wrote:
> > > >   >
> > > >   >
> > > >   > Hi Aki,
> > > >   >
> > > >   > Yes, the same connect error: imap(meuser,)Error: 
> > > > net_connect_unix(/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer) failed: Permission 
> > > > denied
> > > >   >
> > > >   > 

Re: Localhost imap server fails after upgrade from 2.2.33.2-1 to 1:2.3.2.1 (fwd)

2018-12-31 Thread Aki Tuomi
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  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  
> > > 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= > > 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  
> > > 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 
> > >  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_g

Re: Localhost imap server fails after upgrade from 2.2.33.2-1 to 1:2.3.2.1 (fwd)

2018-12-31 Thread Chris BL

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  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= > 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  
> > 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 
> >  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
> >  

Re: Localhost imap server fails after upgrade from 2.2.33.2-1 to 1:2.3.2.1 (fwd)

2018-12-31 Thread Aki Tuomi
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  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= 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  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  
> 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 => 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 = 066

Re: Localhost imap server fails after upgrade from 2.2.33.2-1 to 1:2.3.2.1 (fwd)

2018-12-31 Thread Chris BL

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
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  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  
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 =  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