Ya we are using the courier-authlib I believe for authing... I think our qmail is just running the normal emerged version.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Wouter van der Schagt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 8:03 AM > To: vchkpw@inter7.com > Subject: Re: [vchkpw] Sporadic mail auth failures > > Perhaps the problem isn't related to vpopmail. What daemon are you using? > qmail i assume ? did you apply any patches concerning qmail-pop3d ? I had > a conflict once with the logging patch for example. Causing disconnections > all the time. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <vchkpw@inter7.com> > Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 3:58 PM > Subject: RE: [vchkpw] Sporadic mail auth failures > > > > And so after having no problems all yesterday afternoon, what is the > first > > thing that system does this morning when I login? Fail to auth, twice. > > Someone ahead of me failed then I failed. Checked connections, 14/100. > 10 > > Authdaemon processes running... no mysql errors reported... sigh. Any > other > > ideas? :) It boggles me because this is server is hardly even used. > > > > I'm going to attach the printout of my status and vars from mysql, if > anyone > > sees anything wrong with whats in there please let me know. > > > > Thanks > > -David > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: David Erickson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 12:32 PM > > > To: vchkpw@inter7.com > > > Subject: RE: [vchkpw] Sporadic mail auth failures > > > > > > Yes, max connections are set to 100, and it reported the max ever used > was > > > 9.. (since I restarted it early this morning).. but ive had problems > since > > > then so that leads me to believe connections isn't the problem. > > > > > > -David > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Roman Volf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 12:28 PM > > > > To: vchkpw@inter7.com > > > > Subject: Re: [vchkpw] Sporadic mail auth failures > > > > > > > > David Erickson wrote: > > > > > > > > >Ok I repaired the database files, (just said clients were using > them > or > > > > they > > > > >weren't closed properly, so I shutdown mysql and ran it with -r > > > anyway). > > > > >Also increased the authdaemonrc processes from 5 to 10. Time to > let > it > > > > run > > > > >for awhile and see what happens. Also the db is local so shouldn't > > > > >encounter network latency. > > > > > > > > > >-David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > > > > >>From: Wouter van der Schagt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >>Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 12:24 PM > > > > >>To: vchkpw@inter7.com > > > > >>Subject: Re: [vchkpw] Sporadic mail auth failures > > > > >> > > > > >>Another time i had this problem was when the database to be > > > > authenticated > > > > >>against wasn't the localhost. If the network was clogged up (long > ping > > > > >>replies can check this), i would have such failures. > > > > >> > > > > >>----- Original Message ----- > > > > >>From: "Jason S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >>To: <vchkpw@inter7.com> > > > > >>Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 7:51 PM > > > > >>Subject: Re: [vchkpw] Sporadic mail auth failures > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >>On 8/21/05, Wouter van der Schagt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >>>I had this problem when my database was corrupt. You can check > this > > > > >>>with > > > > >>> > > > > >>>cd /var/lib/mysql/vpopmail > > > > >>>myisamchk *.MYI > > > > >>> > > > > >>>if any is corrupt, just add -r > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>>----- Original Message ----- > > > > >>>From: "David Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >>>To: <vchkpw@inter7.com> > > > > >>>Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 6:34 PM > > > > >>>Subject: [vchkpw] Sporadic mail auth failures > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>>>Hi we've been battling a very strange problem with our server > for > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>awhile > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >>>>now. Periodically when a user tries to send mail (using smtp > auth), > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>or > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >>>>check his/her pop3 box, we get auth failures. What happens is > youll > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>have > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >>>to > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>>>auth 3-4 times before it'll actually go through (even though you > are > > > > >>>>entering the same credentials every time). It is very > frustrating. > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>Upon > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >>>>examining the logs here is what we are getting: > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>>Aug 21 10:08:04 mail authdaemond: vmysql: sql error[3]: Lost > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>connection > > > > >>to > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >>>>MySQL server during query > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>>Now I know the username/pw work to connect to the database > because > > > it > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>does > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >>>>eventually auth. The mysql server is on the same machine as > well. > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>Anybody > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>>>have any ideas what this could be indicative of? > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>>Mysql server 4.1.8 > > > > >>>>Vpopmail 5.4.10 > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>>Thanks, > > > > >>>>David > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>I don't use authdaemon, but I saw something on google in the > > > > >>authdaemonrc file about not having enough authdaemon child > processes > > > > >>causing intermittent auth failures...something to check > > > > >>-- > > > > >> > > > > >>Jason > > > > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >> > > > > >>-- > > > > >>No virus found in this incoming message. > > > > >>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > > > >>Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.13/78 - Release Date: > > > > 8/19/2005 > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Did you check the max_connections? > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Roman Volf > > > > Keystreams Internet Solutions > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > > > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.13/78 - Release Date: > > > 8/19/2005 > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.13/78 - Release Date: > 8/19/2005 > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.13/78 - Release Date: 8/19/2005 >
