dovecot - Jun 2007 - Dovecot and SUSE 10: inotify_init()

Hello all,

Since my migration to SUSE SLES 10, I have a new error message :

dovecot1 dovecot: IMAP(damien.chambe at egs-gestion.fr): inotify_init()
failed: Too many open files

It seems to occurs when thunderbird is idle, or when I click on sub folders
I have a ulimit for open files a bit low, 1024

I have changed to 4096, but same error message.

It has no visible consequences. I am on dovecot 1.0.1
I don't think it is related to dovecot config, any idea ?

ulimit -a
core file size          (blocks, -c) 0
data seg size           (kbytes, -d) unlimited
file size               (blocks, -f) unlimited
pending signals                 (-i) 24573
max locked memory       (kbytes, -l) 32
max memory size         (kbytes, -m) unlimited
open files                      (-n) 4096
pipe size            (512 bytes, -p) 8
POSIX message queues     (bytes, -q) 819200
stack size              (kbytes, -s) 8192
cpu time               (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes              (-u) 24573
virtual memory          (kbytes, -v) unlimited
file locks                      (-x) unlimited

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Cordialement,

Damien Chambe
EGS - Groupe Laurent
42 bld jules janin - BP 240 - 42006 Saint Etienne Cedex 1
Tel : 04 77 49 48 16
Fax : 04 77 49 48 45
Site institutionnel : http://www.groupe-laurent.com
Site catalogue : http://ecat.groupe-laurent.com

On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 12:46 +0200, damien chambe - EGS
wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Since my migration to SUSE SLES 10, I have a new error message :
> 
> dovecot1 dovecot: IMAP(damien.chambe at egs-gestion.fr): inotify_init()
> failed: Too many open files
% cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances
128

Do you have more than 128 IMAP processes idling or is this limit lower
in your system? Changing it anyway should help.

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