3:52 a.m.
I'm trying to set up dovecot on a fresh installation of Fedora 16.
This is an obvious problem:
$ telnet rail 143
Trying 10.0.0.21...
telnet: connect to address 10.0.0.21: Connection refused
localhost works:
$ telnet localhost 143
Trying ::1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID
ENABLE IDLE STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] Dovecot ready.
After first trying to permit traffic on port 143 in the firewall
configuration, I've now disabled it altogether:
$ systemctl status iptables.service
iptables.service - IPv4 firewall with iptables
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/iptables.service; disabled)
Active: inactive (dead)
start condition failed at Sat, 27 Mar 1999 03:25:13
-0500; 13 years and 0 months ago
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/iptables.service
$ systemctl status ip6tables.service
ip6tables.service - IPv6 firewall with ip6tables
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ip6tables.service; disabled)
Active: inactive (dead)
start condition failed at Sat, 27 Mar 1999 03:25:13
-0500; 13 years and 0 months ago
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/ip6tables.service
? yet I still get "connection refused" as above.
If not the firewall, what's the culprit here?
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9:33 a.m.
James Wilkinson wrote:
Ed Greshko wrote:
> Edit /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf and comment the lines like so....
>
> #address = localhost # allow plain imap only on localhost
>
> Do that for all the protocols you want to enable on an external interface...
A better idea would be to put that line into a
/etc/dovecot/conf.d/local.conf file and leave 10-master.conf alone. The
local.conf file, since it sorts after 10-master, will over-ride the
settings in 10-master.conf.
This will leave the RPM-packaged 10-master.conf file alone, so you can
upgrade Dovecot without having to merge your modifications into the
.rpmnew file.
Hope this helps,
It's definitely the better way to go from a maintenance standpoint, thank you.
(yes, I hacked the master, too).
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7:24 a.m.
I suggested:
A better idea would be to put that line into a
/etc/dovecot/conf.d/local.conf file and leave 10-master.conf alone. The
local.conf file, since it sorts after 10-master, will over-ride the
settings in 10-master.conf.
This will leave the RPM-packaged 10-master.conf file alone, so you can
upgrade Dovecot without having to merge your modifications into the
.rpmnew file.
Ed Greshko wrote:
Well, FWIW, I could not get your suggestion to work. Have you done
this? Do you have a local.conf that works for you?
OK: it might take a bit more context than that (sorry).
Try
service imap-login {
inet_listener imap {
address =
}
}
Hope this helps,
James.
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2:05 a.m.
Ed Greshko wrote:
On 03/27/2012 05:12 PM, Braden McDaniel wrote:
> Quoting Ed Greshko<Ed.Greshko(a)greshko.com>:
>
>> What do you get when from "netstat -nap | grep 143"?
>
> # netstat -nap | grep 143
> tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:143 0.0.0.0:*
> LISTEN 1055/dovecot
> tcp 0 0 ::1:143 :::*
> LISTEN 1055/dovecot
>
> [and some irrelevant stuff that happened to have "143" in it]
>
> Assuming this confirms your suspicion, what do I need to do to fix it?
Yes, that confirms my suspicion.....
Took me a bit, had to research....
Edit /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf and comment the lines like so....
#address = localhost # allow plain imap only on localhost
Do that for all the protocols you want to enable on an external interface...
I think I remember opening the firewall as well, I needed to allow nfs and I'm
pretty sure I recall allowing pop3s and imap from external.
If you are running sendmail you will have to tell it to accept from external as
well. The file is in /etc/mail, edit sendmail.cf to remove the loopback only
assignment, then make the new config and restart sendmail.
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the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
12:42 a.m.
On 03/28/2012 04:13 AM, James Wilkinson wrote:
A better idea would be to put that line into a
/etc/dovecot/conf.d/local.conf file and leave 10-master.conf alone. The
local.conf file, since it sorts after 10-master, will over-ride the
settings in 10-master.conf.
This will leave the RPM-packaged 10-master.conf file alone, so you can
upgrade Dovecot without having to merge your modifications into the
.rpmnew file.
Hope this helps,
Well, FWIW, I could not get your suggestion to work. Have you done this? Do you
have a local.conf that works for you?
Thanks.....
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7:07 p.m.
On 03/28/2012 04:13 AM, James Wilkinson wrote:
Ed Greshko wrote:
> Edit /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf and comment the lines like so....
>
> #address = localhost # allow plain imap only on localhost
>
> Do that for all the protocols you want to enable on an external interface...
A better idea would be to put that line into a
/etc/dovecot/conf.d/local.conf file and leave 10-master.conf alone. The
local.conf file, since it sorts after 10-master, will over-ride the
settings in 10-master.conf.
This will leave the RPM-packaged 10-master.conf file alone, so you can
upgrade Dovecot without having to merge your modifications into the
.rpmnew file.
Hope this helps,
Very good point....
As I mentioned, I've never set up dovecot.
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3:13 p.m.
Ed Greshko wrote:
Edit /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf and comment the lines like
so....
#address = localhost # allow plain imap only on localhost
Do that for all the protocols you want to enable on an external interface...
A better idea would be to put that line into a
/etc/dovecot/conf.d/local.conf file and leave 10-master.conf alone. The
local.conf file, since it sorts after 10-master, will over-ride the
settings in 10-master.conf.
This will leave the RPM-packaged 10-master.conf file alone, so you can
upgrade Dovecot without having to merge your modifications into the
.rpmnew file.
Hope this helps,
James.
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9:32 a.m.
Quoting Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko(a)greshko.com>:
On 03/27/2012 05:12 PM, Braden McDaniel wrote:
> Quoting Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko(a)greshko.com>:
>
>> What do you get when from "netstat -nap | grep 143"?
>
> # netstat -nap | grep 143
> tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:143 0.0.0.0:*
> LISTEN 1055/dovecot
> tcp 0 0 ::1:143 :::*
> LISTEN 1055/dovecot
>
> [and some irrelevant stuff that happened to have "143" in it]
>
> Assuming this confirms your suspicion, what do I need to do to fix it?
Yes, that confirms my suspicion.....
Took me a bit, had to research....
Edit /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf and comment the lines like so....
#address = localhost # allow plain imap only on localhost
Do that for all the protocols you want to enable on an external interface...
That's it alright. Thank you!
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4:52 a.m.
On Tuesday 27 March 2012 02:42 PM, Braden McDaniel wrote:
Quoting Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko(a)greshko.com>:
> What do you get when from "netstat -nap | grep 143"?
# netstat -nap | grep 143
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:143 0.0.0.0:*
LISTEN 1055/dovecot
tcp 0 0 ::1:143 :::*
LISTEN 1055/dovecot
[and some irrelevant stuff that happened to have "143" in it]
Assuming this confirms your suspicion, what do I need to do to fix it?
dovecot is only listening on 127.0.0.1 ,
check the config file
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4:27 a.m.
On 03/27/2012 05:12 PM, Braden McDaniel wrote:
Quoting Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko(a)greshko.com>:
> What do you get when from "netstat -nap | grep 143"?
# netstat -nap | grep 143
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:143 0.0.0.0:*
LISTEN 1055/dovecot
tcp 0 0 ::1:143 :::*
LISTEN 1055/dovecot
[and some irrelevant stuff that happened to have "143" in it]
Assuming this confirms your suspicion, what do I need to do to fix it?
Yes, that confirms my suspicion.....
Took me a bit, had to research....
Edit /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf and comment the lines like so....
#address = localhost # allow plain imap only on localhost
Do that for all the protocols you want to enable on an external interface...
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be wrong. -- Dandemis
4:12 a.m.
Quoting Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko(a)greshko.com>:
What do you get when from "netstat -nap | grep 143"?
# netstat -nap | grep 143
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:143 0.0.0.0:*
LISTEN 1055/dovecot
tcp 0 0 ::1:143 :::*
LISTEN 1055/dovecot
[and some irrelevant stuff that happened to have "143" in it]
Assuming this confirms your suspicion, what do I need to do to fix it?
--
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<http://endoframe.com> Jabber: <braden(a)jabber.org>
3:57 a.m.
On 03/27/2012 04:52 PM, Braden McDaniel wrote:
I'm trying to set up dovecot on a fresh installation of Fedora
16. This is an
obvious problem:
$ telnet rail 143
Trying 10.0.0.21...
telnet: connect to address 10.0.0.21: Connection refused
localhost works:
$ telnet localhost 143
Trying ::1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE
STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] Dovecot ready.
After first trying to permit traffic on port 143 in the firewall configuration,
I've now disabled it altogether:
$ systemctl status iptables.service
iptables.service - IPv4 firewall with iptables
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/iptables.service; disabled)
Active: inactive (dead)
start condition failed at Sat, 27 Mar 1999 03:25:13 -0500; 13 years
and 0 months ago
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/iptables.service
$ systemctl status ip6tables.service
ip6tables.service - IPv6 firewall with ip6tables
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ip6tables.service; disabled)
Active: inactive (dead)
start condition failed at Sat, 27 Mar 1999 03:25:13 -0500; 13 years
and 0 months ago
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/ip6tables.service
? yet I still get "connection refused" as above.
If not the firewall, what's the culprit here?
I've not set up dovecot.... But, at times default configuration for some services
bind only to the localhost. The default configuration for sendmail is an example....
What do you get when from "netstat -nap | grep 143"?
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