rc.dovecot

#!/bin/sh 
# Start/stop/restart the Dovecot PoP/IMAP server daemon.
# Sanity check.  If either /usr/local/sbin/dovecot or /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf
# aren't ready, it doesn't make much sense to try to run this script.

if [ ! -x /usr/local/sbin/dovecot ]; then
  echo "/etc/rc.d/rc.dovecot:  no /usr/local/sbin/dovecot found (or not executable); cannot start."
  exit 1
elif [ ! -f /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf ]; then
  echo "/etc/rc.d/rc.dovecot:  no /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf found; cannot start /usr/local/sbin/dovecot."
  exit 1
fi

# Start Dovecot
dovecot_start() {
if ps axc | grep [d]ovecot ; then
  echo ""
  echo "NOTICE:  Dovecot already running..   ...exiting."
  exit 1
  
elif [ -f /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/master.pid ] ; then
  echo "/etc/rc.d/rc.dovecot:  THERE SEEMS TO BE A STALE PID..Dovecot not shutdown properly?"
  echo "Deleting /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/master.pid"
  rm /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/master.pid

else

  echo "Starting Dovecot:  /usr/local/sbin/dovecot.."
  /usr/local/sbin/dovecot

fi

    if ps axc | grep [d]ovecot ; then
  	echo ""
  	echo "SUCCESS:  Dovecot started!"
        exit 0
        
elif ! ps axc | grep [d]ovecot ; then

BINARY=`which dovecot`

COL_NORM="$(tput setaf 9)"
COL_RED="$(tput setaf 1)"
COL_GREEN="$(tput setaf 2)"
COL_YELLOW="$(tput setaf 3)"
COL_BOLD="$(tput bold)"
COL_DIM="$(tput dim)"

	echo ""
        echo -e "$COL_YELLOW ****!!!!WARNING!!!!**** $COL_NORM"
        echo ""
        echo -e "$COL_BOLD The Dovecot daemon did not start! This is odd."
        echo "I will try again. If this does not work, try starting"
        echo "Dovecot by hand with the foreground switch -F"
        echo "As root try: $COL_NORM"
        echo -e "$COL_GREEN /usr/local/sbin/dovecot -F $COL_NORM"
        sleep 7
        echo ""
        echo ""
        echo -e "Attempting to start Dovecot again:$COL_GREEN /%ENV/%VARIABLE/%TO/dovecot -c /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf $COL_NORM"
	$BINARY -c /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf
        sleep 12

    if ps axc | grep [d]ovecot ; then
       exit 0
    
    
else
	echo ""
  	echo "$COL_RED ****!!!FAILED!!!**** $COL_NORM"
  	echo ""
  	echo "$COL_BOLD Even after attempting a few misguided hacks I could not"
  	echo "start the Dovecot PoP3s/IMAPs daemon."
  	echo "There seems to be an error I can't fix on my own."
  	echo -e "Check your Dovecot binary. Good luck! \033[0m"
  	echo ""
    fi
 fi
}

# Stop all running copies of Dovecot (/usr/local/sbin/dovecot):
dovecot_stop() {
# Check to see if Dovecot's master pid exists

if [ -f /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/master.pid ]; then
PID=`pgrep -f /usr/local/sbin/dovecot`
  echo "Stopping Dovecot:  /bin/kill -15 $PID.." 
  echo `ps axc|grep -w "dovecot"|grep -v "dovecot-auth"`
  /bin/kill -15 $PID 
  echo ""
  echo "SUCCESS:  Dovecot stopped!"    
  
elif ! ps axc | grep [d]ovecot ; then
  echo ""
  echo "Dovecot is not running!" &
  exit 1
fi  

  # In case there are stray master Dovecot processes remaining  
  # as with a runaway child process talking to an email-client
  # we kill all master processes again:
    sleep 1
    if ps axc | grep [d]ovecot ; then
      echo "Using killall -9 dovecot 2> /dev/null ...not good."
    /bin/killall -9 dovecot 2> /dev/null
      echo "..done."
      exit 1
    fi
}

# Restart Dovecot:
dovecot_restart() {
  dovecot_stop
  sleep 2
  dovecot_start
}

case "$1" in
'start')
  dovecot_start
  ;;
'stop')
  dovecot_stop
  ;;
'restart')
  dovecot_restart
  ;;
*)
  echo "usage $0 start|stop|restart"
esac