Public bug reported: I believe dovecot-auth was running out of file descriptors because the log message in mail.log:
Dec 1 18:47:40 cicada dovecot-auth: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_env.so) Dec 1 18:47:40 cicada dovecot-auth: PAM [error: /lib/security/pam_env.so: cannot open shared object file: Too many open files] Dec 1 18:47:40 cicada dovecot-auth: PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_env.so Dec 1 18:47:40 cicada dovecot-auth: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_ldap.so) Dec 1 18:47:40 cicada dovecot-auth: PAM [error: /lib/security/pam_ldap.so: cannot open shared object file: Too many open files] Dec 1 18:47:40 cicada dovecot-auth: PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_ldap.so Dec 1 18:47:40 cicada dovecot-auth: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_unix.so) Dec 1 18:47:40 cicada dovecot-auth: PAM [error: /lib/security/pam_unix.so: cannot open shared object file: Too many open files] Dec 1 18:47:40 cicada dovecot-auth: PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_unix.so ** Affects: dovecot (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Dovecot-auth doesn't close sockets https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/503008 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to dovecot in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs