Package: dovecot Version: 1:1.0.0-1+b1 Severity: normal Hi,
The command
/usr/sbin/dovecot --exec-mail imap
crashes immediately without any explanation if the config file setting
`protocols' doesn't include imap. A debug run:
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$ gdb --args /usr/sbin/dovecot --exec-mail imap
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This GDB was configured as "x86_64-linux-gnu"...
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
(gdb) r
Starting program: /usr/sbin/dovecot --exec-mail imap
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
mail_process_exec (protocol=0x7fff201072b7 "imap", section=0x0) at
mail-process.c:352
352 executable = set->mail_executable;
(gdb) bt
#0 mail_process_exec (protocol=0x7fff201072b7 "imap", section=0x0) at
mail-process.c:352
#1 0x000000000040902a in main (argc=<value optimized out>, argv=<value
optimized out>) at main.c:870
(gdb) print set
$1 = (struct settings *) 0x0
(gdb) bt
#0 mail_process_exec (protocol=0x7fff201072b7 "imap", section=0x0) at
mail-process.c:352
#1 0x000000000040902a in main (argc=<value optimized out>, argv=<value
optimized out>) at main.c:870
(gdb) l
347 set = server->imap;
348 else if (strcmp(protocol, "pop3") == 0)
349 set = server->pop3;
350 else
351 i_fatal("Unknown protocol: '%s'", protocol);
352 executable = set->mail_executable;
353 }
354
355 var_expand_table =
356 get_var_expand_table(protocol, getenv("USER"),
getenv("HOME"),
(gdb) print server
$2 = (struct server_settings *) 0x62f320
(gdb) print server->imap
$3 = (struct settings *) 0x0
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Sami
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.21.4-grsec-sli
Locale: LANG=C, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
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