[Dovecot] Connection closed by foreign host.

[tubauwe]

I installed dovecot on my system using the following configuration (in dovecot.conf):

protocols = imap
listen = *
ssl_disable = yes
login_user = nobody
login_processes_count = 3
mail_extra_groups = nobody

default_mail_env = maildir:/home/%u/Maildir

auth default {
mechanisms = plain
passdb shadow {
}
userdb passwd {
}
user = root
}

After that I tested via telnet an got the message:

Connection closed by foreign host.

In the log-file I found the following lines:

dovecot: Mar 12 22:49:18 Info: Dovecot v1.0.rc15 starting up
dovecot: Mar 12 22:51:12 Info: imap-login: Login: user=<username>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.??.20, lip=192.168.??.3
dovecot: Mar 12 22:51:12 Error: setmntent(/etc/mtab) failed: No such file or directory
dovecot: Mar 12 22:51:12 Error: child 616 (imap) killed with signal 11

Because I'm quite a newbie, I don't know what to do. Therefore I ask here for help.

Thank you!

[Timo Sirainen]

BTW. dovecot -n is a better way to list the configuration.

Post by tubauwe
dovecot: Mar 12 22:51:12 Error: setmntent(/etc/mtab) failed: No such file or directory

What OS/distribution are you using? /etc/mtab is assumed to be found
with Linux. I think it should exist..

Adding nfs_check = no to dovecot.conf will probably fix this anyway.

Post by tubauwe
dovecot: Mar 12 22:51:12 Error: child 616 (imap) killed with signal 11

It still shouldn't crash though. Could you get gdb backtrace from it?
See http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html

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[Gerard]

Post by tubauwe
Because I'm quite a newbie, I don't know what to do. Therefore I ask here for help.

OK, first just paste the output of:

dovecot -n

That will show what changes you have made from the basic config file.
Also include the portion of the mail log, or what ever log you are
writing to, that pertain to dovecot.. You also need to include your OS
type and version as well as the dovecot version.

[fabrizio]

I'm getting the same. did you solve this out?

[Timo Sirainen]

Post by fabrizio
I'm getting the same. did you solve this out?

http://wiki.dovecot.org/WhyDoesItNotWork

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