tried to run an update, however encountered the following problem…
Setting up dovecot-core (1:2.2.27-3+deb9u3) …
Job for dovecot.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See “systemctl status dovecot.service” and “journalctl -xe” for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript dovecot, action “start” failed.
● dovecot.service - Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/dovecot.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2019-02-06 11:34:46 AEDT; 11ms ago
Docs: man:dovecot(1)
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/
Process: 15944 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/dovecot (code=exited, status=89)
Main PID: 937 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Feb 06 11:34:45 server3 systemd[1]: Starting Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email server…
Feb 06 11:34:46 server3 dovecot[15944]: Fatal: Dovecot is already running? Socket already exists: /var/run/dovecot/login/login
Feb 06 11:34:46 server3 systemd[1]: dovecot.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=89
Feb 06 11:34:46 server3 systemd[1]: Failed to start Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email server.
Feb 06 11:34:46 server3 systemd[1]: dovecot.service: Unit entered failed state.
Feb 06 11:34:46 server3 systemd[1]: dovecot.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
dpkg: error processing package dovecot-core (–configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dovecot-pop3d:
dovecot-pop3d depends on dovecot-core (= 1:2.2.27-3+deb9u3); however:
Package dovecot-core is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package dovecot-pop3d (–configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dovecot-imapd:
dovecot-imapd depends on dovecot-core (= 1:2.2.27-3+deb9u3); however:
Package dovecot-core is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package dovecot-imapd (–configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
dovecot-core
dovecot-pop3d
dovecot-imapd
When i look at the dovecot server, it isnt running. When i try to start it i get the following error
Failed to Start Dovecot
Fatal: Dovecot is already running? Socket already exists: /var/run/dovecot/login/login
If i enter the following
[admin@server3 ~]# sudo ps aux | grep -v grep | grep dovecot
it outputs
root 16885 0.0 0.2 22516 5188 ? S 11:53 0:00 dovecot/config
dovecot 16886 0.0 0.1 20520 2560 ? S 11:53 0:00 dovecot/auth
root 30002 0.0 0.0 18128 860 ? Ss 2018 0:13 /usr/sbin/dovecot
dovecot 30007 0.0 0.0 9492 92 ? S 2018 0:02 dovecot/anvil
root 30008 0.0 0.0 9624 164 ? S 2018 0:02 dovecot/log
if i then do the following
[admin@server3 root]# sudo rm -f /var/run/dovecot/master.pid
[admin@server3 root]# sudo service dovecot restart
Job for dovecot.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See “systemctl status dovecot.service” and “journalctl -xe” for details.
[admin@server3 root]# systemctl status dovecot.service
● dovecot.service - Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/dovecot.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2019-02-06 11:58:46 AEDT; 29s ago
Docs: man:dovecot(1)
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/
Process: 17848 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/dovecot (code=exited, status=89)
Main PID: 937 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Feb 06 11:58:46 server3 systemd[1]: Starting Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email server…
Feb 06 11:58:46 server3 dovecot[17848]: Fatal: Dovecot is already running? Socket already exists: /var/run/dovecot/login/login
Feb 06 11:58:46 server3 systemd[1]: dovecot.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=89
Feb 06 11:58:46 server3 systemd[1]: Failed to start Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email server.
Feb 06 11:58:46 server3 systemd[1]: dovecot.service: Unit entered failed state.
Feb 06 11:58:46 server3 systemd[1]: dovecot.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
I have read forums comments about this formerly being a bug but is it? how do i fix?