Aki Tuomi
2018-Sep-03 06:19 UTC
Dovecot User Listing Error - getpwent() failed: Invalid Argument
?Reuben, could you try this: service auth-worker { ? executable = /usr/bin/strace -o /tmp/out /usr/libexec/dovecot/auth -w } and send the out file to me? I wasn't able to reproduce your problem with glibc-2.28. Aki On 31.08.2018 21:30, Aki Tuomi wrote:> Ah. Thanks for the pointer. > > --- > Aki Tuomi > Dovecot oy > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Michael Marley <michael at michaelmarley.com> > Date: 31/08/2018 21:17 (GMT+02:00) > To: dovecot at dovecot.org > Subject: Re: Dovecot User Listing Error - getpwent() failed: Invalid > Argument > > I think this might be caused by glibc 2.28.? I saw a similar error > with the "doveadm purge" command after upgrading my system to that > version. > > Michael Marley > > On 2018-08-31 13:10, Aki Tuomi wrote: > >> I'll see if this is reproducible >> ? >> ? >> ? >> --- >> Aki Tuomi >> Dovecot oy >> ? >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: Reuben Farrelly <reuben-dovecot at reub.net> >> Date: 31/08/2018 17:41 (GMT+02:00) >> To: Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at dovecot.fi>, Dovecot Mailing List >> <dovecot at dovecot.org> >> Subject: Re: Dovecot User Listing Error - getpwent() failed: Invalid >> Argument >> ? >> Sure: >> >> https://www.reub.net/files/dovecot/lightning-dovecot.conf >> https://www.reub.net/files/dovecot/thunderstorm-dovecot.conf >> >> Updated nightly. >> >> Reuben >> >> >> On 1/09/2018 12:26 am, Aki Tuomi wrote: >> > Can you provide doveconf -n? >> > >> > >> > >> > --- >> > Aki Tuomi >> > Dovecot oy >> > >> > -------- Original message -------- >> > From: Reuben Farrelly <reuben-dovecot at reub.net> >> > Date: 31/08/2018 17:12 (GMT+02:00) >> > To: Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at dovecot.fi>, Dovecot Mailing List >> > <dovecot at dovecot.org> >> > Subject: Re: Dovecot User Listing Error - getpwent() failed: Invalid >> > Argument >> > >> > No.? Neither of those are installed on either system. >> > >> > Reuben >> > >> > On 1/09/2018 12:09 am, Aki Tuomi wrote: >> >? > Could apparmor or selinux be causing this! >> >? > >> >? > >> >? > >> >? > --- >> >? > Aki Tuomi >> >? > Dovecot oy >> >? > >> >? > -------- Original message -------- >> >? > From: Reuben Farrelly <reuben-dovecot at reub.net> >> >? > Date: 31/08/2018 16:50 (GMT+02:00) >> >? > To: Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot at dovecot.org> >> >? > Subject: Dovecot User Listing Error - getpwent() failed: Invalid >> Argument >> >? > >> >? > Hi, >> >? > >> >? > I'm running dovecot-2.3 git and seeing on 2 of my Dovecot >> installations, >> >? > the following message logged quite frequently: >> >? > >> >? > Aug 31 16:55:53 lightning.reub.net dovecot[7698]: auth-worker(7707): >> >? > Error: getpwent() failed: Invalid argument >> >? > Aug 31 16:55:53 lightning.reub.net dovecot[7698]: replicator: Error: >> >? > User listing returned failure >> >? > Aug 31 16:55:53 lightning.reub.net dovecot[7698]: replicator: Error: >> >? > listing users failed, can't replicate existing data >> >? > >> >? > It appears that this could be having an effect on replication, >> but it's >> >? > unclear because the secondary/replica doesn't see much traffic. >> >? > >> >? > Authentication is via PAM and the system is Gentoo Linux x86_64. >> passb >> >? > driver = pam, userdb driver = static . >> >? > >> >? > doveadm user -u '*' shows the system users listed twice like >> this (is >> >? > this a problem?) and then prints: >> >? > >> >? > ---- >> >? > reuben >> >? > liam >> >? > reuben >> >? > liam >> >? > <some other users> >> >? > Error: User listing returned failure >> >? > Fatal: user listing failed >> >? > ---- >> >? > >> >? > To me that doesn't look right. >> >? > >> >? > Can anyone suggest what could be causing this?? I don't recall >> seeing >> >? > this message some time ago so I suspect it's a recent change in >> either >> >? > dovecot, or pam or glibc etc.. >> >? > >> >? > Thanks, >> >? > Reuben > >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20180903/47791dd4/attachment.html>
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