so if I set auth_worker_max_request_count = 5 dovecot-auth will do 5 authorization lookup and exit, spawning a new dovecat-auth process?
Any recommendations on the count? -Gaylord Chuck Short wrote: >>From http://wiki.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase/PAM#head- > 71368e6eb385969ff27fcda066555b9c05822c09: > > Limiting the number of PAM lookups > > Dovecot v1.1+ or v1.0 with blocking=yes enabled uses auth worker > processes to do PAM lookups. Usually PAM is used to do only a single > lookup in a process, so this may cause memory leaks in PAM plugins or > maybe other problems. If you notice that PAM authentication stops > working after some time, you can limit the number of lookups done by the > auth worker process before it dies: > > # v1.1+: Set to non-zero to limit the number of lookups > auth_worker_max_request_count = 0 > > Note that this applies to all lookups, not just PAM lookups. So for > example if you've configured Dovecot to use both PAM and MySQL, both of > the lookups are done in the same auth worker processes and both of them > are counted as requests. > > ** Changed in: dovecot (Ubuntu) > Status: Incomplete => Confirmed > -- 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
