permissions and doveadm

Aki Tuomi aki.tuomi at dovecot.fi
Sun Dec 25 07:54:51 UTC 2016


> On 22-12-16 20:46, dovecot wrote:
> > I did an upgrade from OpenSUSE 13.1 to 13.2 (finally), and now doveadm 
> > fails.
> >
> > I went from an self-compiled source, to 'repsitory'-version
> >
> > (from version 2.1.6, to 2.2.13)
> >
> > luuk at opensuse:~/bin> id
> > uid=1000(luuk) gid=100(users) 
> > groups=100(users),7(lp),33(video),118(vboxusers)
> > luuk at opensuse:~/bin> doveadm quota recalc
> > luuk at opensuse:~/bin> doveadm quota recalc -u luuk
> > doveadm(luuk): Error: userdb lookup: 
> > connect(/usr/local/var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb) failed: Connection 
> > refused
> > doveadm(luuk): Fatal: User lookup failed: Internal error occurred. 
> > Refer to server log for more information.
> >
> >
> > Why is it that with the '-u' option, doveadm is getting a connection 
> > refused?
> >
> >

Connection refused either means that your dovecot is not running (it needs to be), or you have somehow prevented it from connecting to that socket, or no one is listening there.

Also remember to *remove* the old binaries, or at least ensure you are calling the repository ones, as they default to different paths.

Aki


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