On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Tom Horsley <horsley1953@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I just did a "dnf update" and now dovecot won't start at boot. No issue here with the updated dovecot. I guess it has nothing to do with the update. > > I get errors like: > > Feb 11 07:23:41 tomh systemd[1]: dovecot.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=89/n/a > Feb 11 07:23:41 tomh systemd[1]: dovecot.service: Unit entered failed state. > Feb 11 07:23:41 tomh systemd[1]: dovecot.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. > > And over in maillog for the same timestamp: > > Feb 11 07:23:41 tomh dovecot: master: Error: service(imap-login): listen(*, 993) failed: Address already in use This above line means the socket is already up and listening. Dovecot systemd service file is bind to <dovecot.socket> unit. Stopping only dovecot is not enough, the socket must be closed to. > Feb 11 07:23:41 tomh dovecot: master: Fatal: Failed to start listeners What is the output of <$ systemctl status deovecot -l> when dovecot is down ? Did you have a look at <dovecot-init.service> ? > > But if I manually do this a few minutes after I boot: > > sudo systemctl restart dovecot.service Try this instead: # systemctl stop dovecot # systemctl stop dovecot.socket # systemctl start dovecot The restart command is not always the safest choice. > > It then starts running with no problems. > > So who the heck is grabbing the imap ports when dovecot tries to start at boot? > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- google.com/+arnaudgabourygabx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
