Package: dovecot Version: 0.99.13-3 Followup-For: Bug #273361 My /etc/pam.d/common-* looks like this:
account [success=1 default=ignore] pam_unix.so account required pam_ldap.so use_first_pass account required pam_permit.so auth [success=1 default=ignore] pam_unix.so auth required pam_ldap.so use_first_pass auth required pam_permit.so session [success=1 default=ignore] pam_unix.so session required pam_ldap.so use_first_pass session required pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel umask=0002 session required pam_permit.so When many LDAP users login, /var/log/auth.log shows many (expected) error like: Feb 3 18:16:15 eta dovecot-auth: (pam_unix) authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost=127.0.0.1 Feb 3 18:16:19 eta dovecot-auth: (pam_unix) check pass; user unknown After recent upgrades, these lines begin to appear. Feb 3 16:31:00 eta dovecot-auth: Login process has too old (123s) requests, killing it. Feb 3 16:31:00 eta dovecot-auth: Login process has too old (124s) requests, killing it. And some more like this: Feb 3 16:45:23 eta dovecot-auth: I/O leak: 0x8054940 (13) Feb 3 16:45:23 eta dovecot-auth: I/O leak: 0x8054940 (14) Feb 3 16:45:23 eta dovecot-auth: I/O leak: 0x8054940 (15) However, the problem is solved by changing /etc/pam.d/dovecot to: auth required pam_ldap.so account required pam_ldap.so session required pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel umask=0002 session required pam_ldap.so I think dovecot has some problem dealing with the pam_unix + pam_ldap configuration. I don't know if it really happens between 0.99.10 to 0.99.11. Shall we report it upstream? -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (400, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-mppe Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages dovecot depends on: ii dovecot-imapd 0.99.13-3 A secure IMAP server that supports ii dovecot-pop3d 0.99.13-3 A secure POP3 server that supports -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

