Date: Sun, 17 May 2015 15:55:20 -0400 From: Brad Mettee <bmettee@pchotshots.com> To: Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: dovecot.conf usage Message-ID: <5558F228.3060509@pchotshots.com> In-Reply-To: <5558E357.9020101@gmail.com> References: <5558E357.9020101@gmail.com>
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On 5/17/2015 2:52 PM, Ernie Luzar wrote:
> Hello list;
> Running dovecot2 in pop3 mode. The documentation seems to say that
> /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf is the first conf file and the
> place to place all over rides for options in the other conf.d
> directorys. Placeing "ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/dovecot.cert.pem" &
> "ssl_key = </etc/ssl/dovecot.key.pem" generates a error when "service
> dovecot start" is issued. Error says can not find file
> /etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem and /etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem. those are
> the options in conf.d/10-ssl.conf. Looks like my over rides did not take.
>
> Is my reasoning incorrect or the over ride statements incorrect?
>
Do you have the literal "<" in the conf file? ("... = </etc/...") If so,
you shouldn't.
Also, check your /usr/local/etc/rc.d/dovecot file and see where it's
supposed to be pulling overrides from. Mine is pulling from
/usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf instead of the one you have.
--
Brad Mettee
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