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[SOLVED] Dovecot fails to run as a dinit service

Recently I noticed that I can't access my mails through IMAP. As it turns out, dovecot service fails to start, leaving only this error message in dinit's log:
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Fatal: t_binary_abspath(dovecot) failed: PATH environment variable undefined
Though when manually run from shell, it works just fine. I tried to disable the service, remove and reinstall it, but to no avail. I'm baffled.

Re: Dovecot fails to run as a dinit service

Reply #1 –
Is there a way you can set environment variables in dinit service files?

Re: Dovecot fails to run as a dinit service

Reply #2 –
There is. Infact, dovecot does have its own run script in /etc/dinit.d/scripts . Do I set the PATH there? To what value?

Re: Dovecot fails to run as a dinit service

Reply #3 –
Found the appropriate code in dovecot:
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	} else if ((path_env = getenv("PATH")) != NULL) {
		/* we have to find our executable from path */
		path = t_str_new(256);
		paths = t_strsplit(path_env, ":");
		for (; *paths != NULL; paths++) {
			str_append(path, *paths);
			str_append_c(path, '/');
			str_append(path, *binpath);
			if (access(str_c(path), X_OK) == 0) {
				*binpath = str_c(path);
				return TRUE;
			}
			str_truncate(path, 0);
		}
		*error_r = "Could not find the wanted executable from PATH";
		return FALSE;
	} else {
		*error_r = "PATH environment variable undefined";
		return FALSE;
	}

So yes, for some reason when started from a dinit service file, PATH is not set.

>Do I set the PATH there? To what value?

To your standard locations like /usr/bin and /usr/sbin

Re: Dovecot fails to run as a dinit service

Reply #4 –
PATH variable should not be undefined in first place
Edit: switch to root user, then run
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echo $PATH

check does it give output
Create problems which don't have solution

Re: Dovecot fails to run as a dinit service

Reply #5 –
adding export PATH before exec dovecot -F fixed the problem. Still, it's strange it had to be fixed in the first place, when it used to 'just work'.

Re: Dovecot fails to run as a dinit service

Reply #6 –
Quote from: Everyone – on
adding export PATH before exec dovecot -F fixed the problem. Still, it's strange it had to be fixed in the first place, when it used to 'just work'.
Maybe an update on dinit broke it?

Re: Dovecot fails to run as a dinit service

Reply #7 –
Hard to tell. Anyway, for now the problem is solved. I'd like to mark it as such, but somehow that forum button is now missing... Oh well.

Re: [SOLVED] Dovecot fails to run as a dinit service

Reply #8 –
Quote from: Lancia – on
Maybe an update on dinit broke it?

I don't think there have been any recent updates to the Artix dinit packages (and I don't think there are any upstream changes that would cause this, though the environment handling has been reworked a little).