From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 2 20:19:03 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9E4D106566C for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 20:19:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from norgaard@locolomo.org) Received: from mail.locolomo.org (97.pool85-48-194.static.orange.es [85.48.194.97]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 608288FC15 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 20:19:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from norgaard@locolomo.org) Received: from beta.0-16-172-dyn.locolomo.org (beta.0-16-172-dyn.locolomo.org [172.16.0.126]) by mail.locolomo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 915FD1C0847; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 22:19:01 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4A258935.7090708@locolomo.org> Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:19:01 +0200 From: Erik Norgaard User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Macintosh/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeff Laine , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20090602194756.GB43583@free.bsd.loc> In-Reply-To: <20090602194756.GB43583@free.bsd.loc> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: Re: cyrus-imapd spawning multiple processes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:19:04 -0000 Jeff Laine wrote: > The troublemaker is the cyrus. It starts and opens it's sockets, but whenever > I try to establish a connection to pop3 or imap ports (i.e. via telnet or cyradm) > cyrus goes nuts and spawns child processes in endless manner, trashing logs with this: > >> tail /var/log/debug.log > > Jun 2 23:27:35 free master[49269]: about to exec /usr/local/cyrus/bin/pop3d > Jun 2 23:27:35 free master[43639]: process 49269 exited, status 1 > Jun 2 23:27:35 free master[49270]: about to exec /usr/local/cyrus/bin/pop3d > Jun 2 23:27:35 free master[43639]: process 49270 exited, status 1 > Jun 2 23:27:35 free master[49271]: about to exec /usr/local/cyrus/bin/pop3d > Jun 2 23:27:35 free master[43639]: process 49271 exited, status 1 > Jun 2 23:27:35 free master[49272]: about to exec /usr/local/cyrus/bin/pop3d > Jun 2 23:27:35 free master[43639]: process 49272 exited, status 1 > Jun 2 23:27:35 free master[49281]: about to exec /usr/local/cyrus/bin/pop3d > Jun 2 23:27:35 free master[43639]: process 49281 exited, status 1 > ... > > ...until I stop the master process. It seems that when you try to connect with pop3 a child process is spawned as it should, but it dies unexpectedly so a new is spawned. Could it be something as simple as permissions to access the mailbox files? Rather than relying on log files, try to launch the master manually with the -D flag, it may give you a more verbose output. > I tried both cyrus-imapd23 and 22 with default configurations but it > gives the same problem every time. > > I have similar configuration on 6.4-RELEASE without such troubles. Similar but not the same? Sounds like you should review again your config files, also, the versions of cyrus-imapd on your working installation, is that the same as the new one? Consider posting your configs in next post. BR, Erik -- Erik Nørgaard Ph: +34.666334818/+34.915211157 http://www.locolomo.org