Dear all,
My mail server is running qmail-ldap + courier-authlib-0.62 + courier-imap-4.4.1, I found that the server have so many /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond process running: [root@ mail1 ~]# ps -ef | grep authdaemond root 11020 9260 0 18:04 pts/1 00:00:00 grep authdaemond root 32594 32565 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32613 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32614 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32615 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32616 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32622 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32623 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32624 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32625 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32627 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32628 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32631 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32632 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32633 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32634 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32635 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32636 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32638 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32639 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32640 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32641 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32643 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32644 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32645 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32646 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32647 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32648 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32649 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32650 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32651 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32652 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32653 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32654 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32655 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32656 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32657 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32658 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32659 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32660 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32661 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32662 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32663 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32664 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32665 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32666 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32667 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32668 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32669 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32670 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32671 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond root 32672 32594 0 16:43 pts/0 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond Do you know why there are so many process running? Is it correct? Thanks. Best wishes,