Scott wrote: > List,
> I've been receiving this problem for a while now, but decided enough is > enough .... > My server is SuSE 9.0 on an AMD Sempron machine.. 1GB ram.. Comcast > cablemodem... > Amavisd version is : amavisd-new-2.3.0 > About every 4-5 days, email will stop sending/receiving, and I get the > following error in my amavisd log file. > Oct 1 16:14:41 ns1 /usr/local/sbin/amavisd[16241]: (16241-03) ESMTP> > 451 4.5.0 Error in processing, id=16241-03, mime_decode-1 FAILED: > run_command (open pipe): Can't fork at > /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.3/i586-linux-thread-multi/IO/File.pm line 176. at > /usr/local/sbin/amavisd line 1783. > Oct 1 16:22:46 ns1 /usr/local/sbin/amavisd[16243]: (16243-05) TROUBLE > in check_mail: mime_decode-1 FAILED: run_command (open pipe): Can't fork > at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.3/i586-linux-thread-multi/IO/File.pm line 176. at > /usr/local/sbin/amavisd line 1783. > Oct 1 16:22:46 ns1 /usr/local/sbin/amavisd[16243]: (16243-05) sending > SMTP response: "451 4.5.0 Error in processing, id=16243-05, > mime_decode-1 FAILED: run_command (open pipe): Can't fork at > /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.3/i586-linux-thread-multi/IO/File.pm line 176. at > /usr/local/sbin/amavisd line 1783." > If I try to issue an "amavisd stop" I'll receive the message "Waiting > for process <PID> to terminate" (PID is the PID # of the amavis parent > process) > It will just loop with that error, forcing me to CTRL_C and reboot.. > (is this a windows product?) > After rebooting, amavisd will fail (kicked off via rc.local) with the > following error: I would search the archives for the word 'fork' , you will see responses dealing with resource limits (like running out of memory). Like this one: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=amavis-user&m=111144940508012&w=2 Run 'top' when it happens. If you are running amavisd-new in a ram disk, it might not be big enough, or you may be running too many amavisd-new children. > Oct 1 16:28:34 ns1 /usr/local/sbin/amavisd[1015]: SpamControl: > initializing Mail::SpamAssassin > Oct 1 16:28:34 ns1 /usr/local/sbin/amavisd[1015]: TROUBLE in > pre_loop_hook: Error creating a DNS resolver socket: Network is > unreachable at > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/Mail/SpamAssassin/DnsResolver.pm line 202. > After this, if I manually run /usr/local/sbin/amavisd it will start > successfully. > I know a little about this, but not enough to troubleshoot it myself > (since the error messages are rather meaningless to me) > Any thoughts? > The second part only started after I did the most recent update of > SpamAssassin (SA version 3.1.0) With a host name of ns1, maybe your name server software starts up after amavisd-new. Just a thought. Other than that, I'm not sure. > Thanks > Scott Gary V ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ AMaViS-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user AMaViS-FAQ:http://www.amavis.org/amavis-faq.php3 AMaViS-HowTos:http://www.amavis.org/howto/
