On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 06:13:07PM -0000, Timo Sirainen wrote: > Public bug reported: > > dovecot-postfix package uses dovecot-postfix.conf by giving it with -c > parameter to all dovecot binaries. So when people ask for help about > Dovecot, they paste dovecot -n output as requested, but this outputs > wrong configuration and gets everyone confused. They'd need to give > dovecot -n -c /etc/dovecot/dovecot-postfix.conf, but this isn't obvious. > > It would have been nice if Ubuntu hadn't used a different config file, > but since I can't do anything about it, I hope you'll add this patch > (applies without errors also to v1.1 hg tip): > http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-1.2/rev/142c935e44d6 > > With it dovecot -n gives a nice warning that hopefully points users > towards the solution: > > Warning: Dovecot was last started using /etc/dovecot/dovecot- > postfix.conf, but this config is /etc/dovecot.conf >
Right. We should revisit this dovecot-postfix.conf configuration file as this poses a lot of user support questions. importance low status triaged -- Mathias Gug Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntu.com ** Changed in: dovecot (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: dovecot (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged -- dovecot -n silently reports wrong configuration when using dovecot-postfix https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/511295 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to dovecot in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
