After emerging net-mail/dovecot, which installs version 1.1.7-r1, I am unable to start it. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install dovecot by using "emerge net-mail/dovecot" 2. Configure it by editing /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf 3. Try to start it by using "/etc/init.d/dovecot start" Actual Results: hostname var # /etc/init.d/dovecot start * Starting dovecot ... Warning: Last died with error (see error log for more information): Auth process died too early - shutting down /var/log/mail.log shows: May 30 17:01:16 hostname dovecot: Dovecot v1.1.7 starting up May 30 17:01:16 hostname dovecot: Fatal: execv(/usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth) failed: Resource temporarily unavailable May 30 17:01:16 hostname dovecot: child 21784 (auth) returned error 84 (exec() failed) May 30 17:01:16 hostname dovecot: Fatal: Auth process died too early - shutting down Expected Results: Dovecot starting up like it should. dovecot -n: # 1.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.28-hardened-r7 x86_64 Gentoo Base System release 1.12.11.1 jfs protocols: imaps ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/dovecot/server.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/dovecot/server.key disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login first_valid_uid: 89 mail_location: maildir:/var/vpopmail/domains/%d/%n/.maildir auth default: verbose: yes debug: yes passdb: driver: vpopmail userdb: driver: vpopmail Because I figure " Resource temporarily unavailable" errors are commonly caused by limit problems, here's the output/config of my limits: ulimit -a core file size (blocks, -c) 0 data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited scheduling priority (-e) 0 file size (blocks, -f) unlimited pending signals (-i) 73728 max locked memory (kbytes, -l) 1024 max memory size (kbytes, -m) 10000 open files (-n) 1024 pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8 POSIX message queues (bytes, -q) 819200 real-time priority (-r) 0 stack size (kbytes, -s) 8192 cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited max user processes (-u) 50 virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited file locks (-x) unlimited /etc/security/limits.conf #<domain> <type> <item> <value> # * soft core 0 * hard core 0 * hard nproc 40 * hard rss 10000 * - maxlogins 5 @dev hard core 100000 @dev soft nproc 20 @dev hard nproc 35 @dev - maxlogins 10 mysql soft nofile 4096 mysql hard nofile 4096 vpopmail soft nofile 4096 vpopmail hard nofile 4096 dovecot soft nofile 4096 dovecot hard nofile 4096 I'm trying to get dovecot working in combination with netqmail and vpopmail.
Please check with current version and close if not applicable. Thank you.
I'm closing this bug because it is for a pretty old version and there isn't any activity on this bug. Feel free to re-open for the current stable version (1.2.11-r1) or newer. Thanks for understanding.
