[CentOS] C6.7 evolution to cyrus imap(s) fails

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am 12.08.2015 um 15:16 schrieb Dr J Austin:
> Hi Richard
>
> I have been working at trying to get cyrus to listen on 148.197.29.5
> interface instead of the localhost - I have failed
>
> Whenever I add things to /etc/cyrus.conf such as
> imaps        cmd="imapd -s" listen="[148.197.29.5]:imaps" prefork=1

No square brackets around the ip address.

> [root at maui:~]$ service cyrus-imapd restart
>
> [root at maui:~]$ ps -ef|grep cyr
> cyrus    22187     1  0 13:26 ?        00:00:00 idled
> cyrus    28044     1  0 13:54 ?        00:00:00
> /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-master -d
> cyrus    28048     1  0 13:54 ?        00:00:00 idled
> cyrus    28050 28044  0 13:54 ?        00:00:00 imapd
> cyrus    28051 28044  0 13:54 ?        00:00:00 pop3d
> cyrus    28052 28044  0 13:54 ?        00:00:00 pop3d -s
> cyrus    28053 28044  0 13:54 ?        00:00:00 lmtpd -a
> cyrus    28054 28044  0 13:54 ?        00:00:00 imapd
> cyrus    28055 28044  0 13:54 ?        00:00:00 pop3d
> cyrus    28058 28044  0 13:54 ?        00:00:00 imapd
> cyrus    28059 28044  0 13:54 ?        00:00:00 imapd
> cyrus    28060 28044  0 13:54 ?        00:00:00 imapd
> cyrus    28061 28044  1 13:54 ?        00:00:00 pop3d
> root     28063 11348  0 13:54 pts/2    00:00:00 grep cyr
>
> Then no "imapd -s" appears
>
> I have tried all sorts of combinations in cyrus.conf but all fail
> to LISTEN on 148.197.29.5

Make sure the IP address 148.197.29.5 is definitely up on any of the 
system's devices. Verify running "ip address list".

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> Why will cyrus not listen on 148.197.29.5 ?

I am sure it is because that IP address isn't bound to any device.

> John

Alexander