[root at xxx etc]# dovecot --version 1.1.3 [root at adi-ion etc]# dovecot -n # 1.1.3: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf log_path: /var/log/dovecot protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s ssl_cert_file: /etc/postfix/smtpd.cert ssl_key_file: /etc/postfix/smtpd.key disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login mail_location: maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n/ mail_debug: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3 pop3_uidl_format(default): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(imap): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %v.%u auth default: mechanisms: plain login debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-sql.conf socket: type: listen master: path: /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: vmail group: vmail The log looks like this - it happens every few days: dovecot: Sep 28 02:28:40 Warning: pop3-login: Killed with signal 15 dovecot: Sep 28 02:28:40 Warning: imap-login: Killed with signal 15 dovecot: Sep 28 02:28:40 Warning: pop3-login: Killed with signal 15 dovecot: Sep 28 02:28:40 Warning: auth(default): Killed with signal 15 dovecot: Sep 28 02:28:40 Warning: pop3-login: Killed with signal 15 dovecot: Sep 28 02:28:40 Warning: imap-login: Killed with signal 15 dovecot: Sep 28 02:28:40 Warning: Killed with signal 15 dovecot: Sep 28 02:28:40 Warning: imap-login: Killed with signal 15 dovecot: Sep 28 02:28:40 Warning: I/O leak: 0x407150 (24) deliver(xxx at xxx.com): Sep 28 04:07:04 Error: Can't connect to auth server at /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/auth-master: No such file or directory deliver(xxx at xxx.com): Sep 28 04:07:53 Error: Can't connect to auth server at /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/auth-master: No such file or directory deliver(xxx at xxx.com): Sep 28 04:08:12 Error: Can't connect to auth server at /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/auth-master: No such file or directory deliver(xxx at xxx.com): Sep 28 04:13:18 Error: Can't connect to auth server at /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/auth-master: No such file or directory deliver(xxx at xxx.com): Sep 28 04:13:18 Error: Can't connect to auth server at /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/auth-master: No such file or directory It's not a rpm installation, it compiled by me. The OS is a CentOS5.2.
On Sep 29, 2008, at 7:46 PM, Radu Popescu wrote:> The log looks like this - it happens every few days: > > dovecot: Sep 28 02:28:40 Warning: pop3-login: Killed with signal 15 > dovecot: Sep 28 02:28:40 Warning: imap-login: Killed with signal 15 > dovecot: Sep 28 02:28:40 Warning: pop3-login: Killed with signal 15 > dovecot: Sep 28 02:28:40 Warning: auth(default): Killed with signal 15 > dovecot: Sep 28 02:28:40 Warning: pop3-login: Killed with signal 15 > dovecot: Sep 28 02:28:40 Warning: imap-login: Killed with signal 15 > dovecot: Sep 28 02:28:40 Warning: Killed with signal 15 > dovecot: Sep 28 02:28:40 Warning: imap-login: Killed with signal 15Looks like you've something (some cronjob?) killing all running dovecot processes. Dovecot itself never sends signal 15 to login processes, not even when the dovecot master is killed (which is how it's normally stopped). Also in the middle you see that the master process is also killed. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PGP.sig Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 194 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20080929/909fd54f/attachment-0002.bin>