[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>