[Dovecot] ssl enabled, but ssl_cert not set ( 2.0.7 freebsd 8.1 )

Frank Bonnet f.bonnet at esiee.fr
Thu Dec 16 10:22:46 EET 2010


Yes I know but it does not work !


On 12/15/2010 06:33 PM, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> You can change the "ssl = yes" to "ssl = no" and try again or specify the
> correct paths to your SSL certs. That is what it is telling you.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Frank Bonnet<f.bonnet at esiee.fr>  wrote:
>
>> hello
>>
>> trying to install dovecot 2 on a fresh installed machine
>> I get this error message :
>>
>> doveconf -n>  dovecot-new.conf
>> doveconf: Error: ssl enabled, but ssl_cert not set
>>
>> doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file
>> /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf: ssl enabled, but ssl_cert not set
>> the ssl config file look like the following :
>> Thanks for any info.
>>
>> ##
>> ## SSL settings
>> ##
>>
>> # SSL/TLS support: yes, no, required.<doc/wiki/SSL.txt>
>> ssl = yes
>>
>> # PEM encoded X.509 SSL/TLS certificate and private key. They're opened
>> before
>> # dropping root privileges, so keep the key file unreadable by anyone but
>> # root. Included doc/mkcert.sh can be used to easily generate self-signed
>> # certificate, just make sure to update the domains in dovecot-openssl.cnf
>> ssl_cert =</etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem
>> ssl_key =</etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem
>>
>> # If key file is password protected, give the password here. Alternatively
>> # give it when starting dovecot with -p parameter. Since this file is often
>> # world-readable, you may want to place this setting instead to a different
>> # root owned 0600 file by using ssl_key_password =<path.
>> #ssl_key_password =
>>
>> # PEM encoded trusted certificate authority. Set this only if you intend to
>> use
>> # ssl_verify_client_cert=yes. The file should contain the CA certificate(s)
>> # followed by the matching CRL(s). (e.g. ssl_ca =</etc/ssl/certs/ca.pem)
>> #ssl_ca =
>>
>> # Request client to send a certificate. If you also want to require it, set
>> # auth_ssl_require_client_cert=yes in auth section.
>> #ssl_verify_client_cert = no
>>
>> # Which field from certificate to use for username. commonName and
>> # x500UniqueIdentifier are the usual choices. You'll also need to set
>> # auth_ssl_username_from_cert=yes.
>> #ssl_cert_username_field = commonName
>>
>> # How often to regenerate the SSL parameters file. Generation is quite CPU
>> # intensive operation. The value is in hours, 0 disables regeneration
>> # entirely.
>> #ssl_parameters_regenerate = 168
>>
>> # SSL ciphers to use
>> #ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:!EXP:!aNULL
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Frank BONNET
>>
>> 01.45.92.66.17
>>
>> Service des Moyens Informatique Generaux
>>
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>> Cité Descartes / BP 99
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>> http://www.esiee.fr<http://www.esiee.fr/>
>>
>>
>


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