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Hi System debian 8.11 dovecot-2.2.36.4 and I have some warnings in log likes: Warning: Inotify watch limit for user exceeded, disabling. Increase /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches 8192 in sysctl i change #fs.inotify.max_user_watches= 8192 #fs.inotify.max_user_instances = 16384 fs.inotify.max_user_watches= 16384 fs.inotify.max_user_instances =

>From my log: Dec 29 16:43:58 postamt dovecot: Dovecot v1.1.7 starting up Dec 29 16:43:59 postamt dovecot: Fatal: imap-login: epoll_create(): Too many open files Dec 29 16:43:59 postamt dovecot: Temporary failure in creating login processes, slowing down for now Dec 29 16:43:59 postamt dovecot: Fatal: imap-login: epoll_create(): Too many open files Dec 29 16:43:59 postamt dovecot: Fatal:

Hello, I've a problem on my system with inotify. In the smbd logfile are shown a lot messages like this: [2015/06/10 11:15:21.644453, 0, pid=57030, effective(12700, 100), real(0, 0)] smbd/notify_inotify.c:297(inotify_setup) Failed to init inotify - Too many open files [2015/06/10 11:15:23.968497, 0, pid=57030, effective(12700, 100), real(0, 0)] smbd/notify_inotify.c:297(inotify_setup)

Hi I Dont understand or? I im thinking wrong: process_limit = 25000 Older: #fs.inotify.max_user_watches= 8192 #fs.inotify.max_user_instances = 16384 New: fs.inotify.max_user_instances = 8192 ? fs.inotify.max_user_watches= process_limit x 2 + fs.inotify.max_user_instances fs.inotify.max_user_watches= 58192 On 31.03.2020 13:44, Aki Tuomi wrote: > I would prefer replies on the list... =)

Hi Friends, I have noticed below log in dovecot.log on my machine Centos 6.7 32 bit. Warning: Inotify instance limit for user 89 (UID vpopmail) exceeded, disabling. Increase /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances I have increased manually but after reboot goto the same existing default value. How do i fix this issue permanently. Advance thanks for your help. -- *Thanks,* *Manikandan.C*

Hi. What does the warning "Inotify instance limit for user exceeded, disabling." mean, and how do I get rid of it? I assume that I have to change a limit somewhere? Regards, Anders.

I'm seeing this message in my /var/log/maillog: May 26 12:35:00 agencymail dovecot: IMAP(info at example.com): Inotify instance limit for user exceeded, disabling. Increase /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances I rummaged through google, and found : http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-cvs/2008-May/011132.html which says I need to increase /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances (no

Hello, Timo, last year when you remoted into our server and performed the migration from courier-imap, we ran into this issue, and you solved it by doing: echo 1024 > /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances Then you said you were going to solve this permanently by changing the init script... Here is what you said (this is from the skype chat): [2012-06-04 10:40:43 AM] timosirainen:

We usually set them to twice the number of process_limit for imap. Aki > On 31/03/2020 12:29 Maciej Milaszewski <maciej.milaszewski at iq.pl> wrote: > > > Hi > System debian 8.11 dovecot-2.2.36.4 and I have some warnings in log likes: > > Warning: Inotify watch limit for user exceeded, disabling. Increase > /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches > > >

Hi, I am using centos 6.4. i am trying to update /proc/sys/fs/epoll/max_user_instances but it seems like it is not supported anymore in /etc/sysctl.conf. How do we update max_user_instances on centos 6.4? Thanks & Regards Manjunath

I've done several fixes since my original RC1 status mail. Most importantly I noticed that SEARCH command has been somewhat broken for a long time if the search condition contained OR or NOT conditions. Then again fixing that caused Dovecot to assert-crash for some searches. That should be fixed now. Hopefully I didn't break the SEARCH in other ways while doing this.. So, again, please

Hello, this patch adds missing epoll_create() error check. Please consider applying. Best regards. -- Andrey Panin | Linux and UNIX system administrator pazke at donpac.ru | PGP key: wwwkeys.pgp.net -------------- next part -------------- diff -urpX /usr/share/dontdiff dovecot-1.0-test46.vanilla/src/lib/ioloop-epoll.c dovecot-1.0-test46/src/lib/ioloop-epoll.c ---

Maybe I have multiple problems - dunno. I've started seeing the following log lines: Mar 7 07:46:22 bubba dovecot: imap(dmiller at amfes.com): Warning: Inotify instance limit for user 5000 (UID vmail) exceeded, disabling. Increase /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances max_user_instances is currently 128. I've tried stopping and restarting dovecot - the message immediately returns.

Sorry, I forgot to attach patch to previous mail. -- Andrey Panin | Linux and UNIX system administrator pazke at donpac.ru | PGP key: wwwkeys.pgp.net -------------- next part -------------- diff -urpNX /usr/share/dontdiff dovecot-cvs.vanilla/configure.in dovecot-cvs/configure.in --- dovecot-cvs.vanilla/configure.in 2004-08-09 23:14:02.000000000 +0400 +++ dovecot-cvs/configure.in 2004-08-25

Chandran, How about this |# echo "fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288" >> /etc/sysctl.conf Eric | On 11/19/2017 9:59 PM, Chandran Manikandan wrote: > Increase /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances -- Eric Broch White Horse Technical Consulting (WHTC)

Hi, I've installed Wine version 20041201 on RedHat 9 and Winetools 210-jo, but when I try to execute Winetools (by typing wt2 on shell (as a user, not root), I just get all the error messages below. Any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong, please? Best regards, Andy [andrew@Atlas2 andrew]$ wt2 bash: wt2: command not found [andrew@Atlas2 andrew]$ cd /usr/local/winetools [andrew@Atlas2

Hi, I got this simple test Sieve config: ############################################# # Sieve Filter # Generated by Ingo (http://www.horde.org/apps/ingo/) (11/01/2019, 10:46:06 PM) # Forwards if true { redirect "krustev at krustev.net"; } # Forward Keep Action if true { keep; stop; } ############################################# Which used to work fine with: # 2.2.27

Hi I allready have set 256 on max_user_instances , and in the log i keep seeing Mar 28 10:08:44 mail dovecot: imap(some.username): Warning: Inotify instance limit for user 98 (UID vmail) exceeded, disabling. Increase /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances All users use thunderbird 3.1.9 , and from time to time this show in log , with a random user. What can i do to resolve this issue ? my

This is with respect to an error that I am facing in dovecot. The error is that is seen in logs is "Feb 23 00:04:46 mailblade1 dovecot: IMAP(USERNAME): /indexes/USERNAME/.INBOX/dovecot-uidlist: Duplicate file entry at line 7: 1234776125.M559298P3988.s2o.qlc.co.in,S=13111,W=13470:2, (uid 94277 -> 97805)" This error is seen for multiple users. Once this error occurs for a user, the

>From my log: Aug 10 12:23:39 postamt dovecot: IMAP(megow): Inotify instance limit for user exceeded, disabling. Increase /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances # wc -l subscriptions 95 # cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances 128 Why does 95 exceed 128? -- Ralf Hildebrandt Gesch?ftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Charit? - Universit?tsmedizin Berlin Campus Benjamin Franklin