• DovecotInit

Sample Dovecot init.d script

This is a basic init script that should work in all operating systems. Place it to /etc/init.d/dovecot and change the DAEMON path if needed.

#! /bin/sh

DAEMON=/usr/local/sbin/dovecot

test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
set -e

base_dir=`$DAEMON -a|grep '^base_dir: '|sed 's/^base_dir: //'`
pidfile=$base_dir/master.pid

if test -f $pidfile; then
  running=yes
else
  running=no
fi

case "$1" in
  start)
    echo -n "Starting Dovecot"
    $DAEMON
    echo "."
    ;;
  stop)
    if test $running = yes; then
      echo "Stopping Dovecot"
      kill `cat $pidfile`
      echo "."
    else
      echo "Dovecot is already stopped."
    fi
    ;;
  reload)
    if test $running = yes; then
      echo -n "Reloading Dovecot configuration"
      kill -HUP `cat $base_dir/master.pid`
      echo "."
    else
      echo "Dovecot isn't running."
    fi
    ;;
  restart|force-reload)
    echo -n "Restarting Dovecot"
    if test $running = yes; then
      kill `cat $base_dir/master.pid`
      sleep 1
    fi
    $DAEMON
    echo "."
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/dovecot {start|stop|reload|restart|force-reload}" >&2
    exit 1
    ;;
esac

exit 0